The General Conduct of the Election?
With INEC’s promise of a clean and fair election with all 14 candidates signing a binding ‘non-violent & credible election‘ agreement, the 2015 Presidential election will go down in Nigeria’s political history as the most keenly contested one since democracy returned in 1999.
How the electoral system work?
Before a presidential candidate can be declared as the winner by INEC, He must be;
>> The presidential candidate with the most votes; So far out of 19 States APC (GMB) has a vote of 8,520,436 while PDP (GEJ) has a vote of 6,488,210.. Hence the APC candidate is leading in this aspect..
>> The presidential candidate must gains at least 25% of the votes in two-thirds (24 states) of Nigeria’s 36 states; So far APC (GMB) has 25% votes in 14 state while PDP (GEJ) has 25% votes in 16 state.. Hence the PDP candidate is leading in this aspect..
The way forward?
Once votes have been counted, the results from each polling unit (PU) will be uploaded to the electoral commission’s website. INEC says it expects to announce the final results within 48 hours. If none of the presidential candidates fail to meet the criteria mentioned above i.e. the candidate with the highest votes does not have the required vote spread in Nigeria and no clear winner is produced, a run-off election is conducted between the 2 closest candidates. Victory in a run-off election is by simple majority.
Is INEC prepared for the Run-off Election?
The law states a run-off election must be held within seven days which INEC has said it is doubtful if a run-off vote could be organized in a week.
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