1983 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 6 August 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Shehu Shagari, who received 48% of the vote.^[2][3] His National Party of Nigeria won the parliamentary elections held later in the month.^[4]

1983 Nigerian presidential election

← 1979 6 August 1983 1993 →

Nominee Shehu Shagari Obafemi Awolowo Nnamdi Azikiwe Party NPN UPN NPP Running mate Alex Ekwueme Muhammad Kura Shettima Mustafa[1] States carried 11 5 2 Popular vote 12,081,471 7,907,209 3,557,113 Percentage 47.51% 31.09% 13.99%

Results by state

President before election Shehu Shagari NPN Elected President Shehu Shagari NPN

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shehu Shagari	National Party of Nigeria	12,081,471	47.51
	Obafemi Awolowo	Unity Party of Nigeria	7,907,209	31.09
	Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigerian People's Party	3,557,113	13.99
	Khalifa Hassan Yusuf	People's Redemption Party	968,974	3.81
	Waziri Ibrahim	Great Nigeria People's Party	643,806	2.53
	Tunji Braithwaite	Nigeria Advance Party	271,524	1.07
Total			25,430,097	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			65,304,818	–
Source: Nohlen et al.