2015 Presidential Election
National presidential result summary with declared vote share and turnout context. Not a polling-unit or ward-level results archive.
Source
INEC presidential declaration and result portal
This page summarizes the nationally declared presidential outcome from INEC. It is a public-reference layer, not a substitute for the underlying official declaration record.
As-of date
March 28, 2015
This snapshot is anchored to the election cycle date shown here. It is not a live INEC sync, so later notices or court decisions should be checked separately.
Coverage depth
National vote-share summary
This page summarizes nationwide candidate totals and turnout. It does not yet publish polling-unit, ward, or state-by-state result sheets on the same page.
Official references: INEC official website · INEC result portal
Result summaries with source context
This page is a sourced summary layer for public understanding. Official result certification, tribunal rulings, and INEC notices remain the authoritative record where disputes arise.
- Published numbers on this page are intended for public reference, not to replace official collation documents.
- Contested races keep the official result record visible while adding context about disputes separately.
- Election dataset provenance, freshness, and known ingestion caveats now live on the election data sources page.
Official certification and court outcomes take precedence over summary copy.
67,422,005
Registered Voters
29,432,083
Total Votes Cast
43.65%
Voter Turnout
28,587,564
Valid Votes
844,519
Rejected Votes
Vote Share by Candidate
Vote Distribution
2015 Presidential Election Results
National results summary
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammadu BuhariWinner | APC | 15,424,921 | 54.0% | |
| 2 | Goodluck Jonathan | PDP | 12,853,162 | 45.0% | |
| 3 | Others | Various | 309,481 | 1.1% |
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