Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
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The Peoples Democratic Party [sic] is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria,[3] along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress.[4][3][5]
Its policies generally lie towards the
History
In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner[8] as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May 1999.[9]
In the
In 2011, after the Peoples Democratic Party saw members defect for the Action Congress of Nigeria, some political commentators suspected that the PDP would lose the Presidency.[17][18] Following PDP candidate Goodluck Jonathan's victory in the 2011 elections, it was reported that there were violent protests from northern youth.[19]
Slogans
The longtime slogan of the Peoples Democratic Party has been "Power to the people".[20] During the party's National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 21 May 2016, David Mark, a former President of the Senate of Nigeria, introduced "Change the change" as the party's campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections.[21] However, in 2018, the chairman of the party's board of trustees stated that neither the slogan nor the party's umbrella symbol would be changed.
Political ideology
The party has a
Economic issues
The PDP favors
The PDP strives to maintain the status quo on oil revenue distribution. Though the PDP government set up the
Social issues
The PDP is against same-sex relations, and favors
The party is a moderate advocate of
Tunde Ayeni, chairman of the PDP fundraising event in December 2014 who donated N2 billion was involved in the mismanagement of bank's funds.[29]
2015 elections
In the
2019 elections
In the
2020 elections
Godwin Obaseki won re-election as governor of Edo State on 20 September 2020 PDP with 307,955 votes, defeating sixteen opponents. Security was tight and voters took health precautions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has infected 57,000 and killed 1,100.[31]
Election results
Presidential elections
Election | Party candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Result |
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1999 | Olusegun Obasanjo | Atiku Abubakar | 18,738,154 | 62.78% | Elected |
2003 |
24,456,140 | 61.94% | Elected | ||
2007
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Umaru Yar'Adua | Goodluck Jonathan | 24,638,063 | 69.82% | Elected |
2011
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Goodluck Jonathan | Namadi Sambo | 22,495,187 | 58.89% | Elected |
2015 |
12,853,162 | 44.96% | Lost | ||
2019
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Atiku Abubakar | Peter Obi | 11,262,978 | 41.22% | Lost |
2023 | Ifeanyi Okowa | 6,984,520 | 29.07% | Lost |
House of Representatives and Senate elections
Election | House of Representatives | Senate
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Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | |
1999 | 57.1% | 206 / 360
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206 | 1st | 56.4% | 59 / 109
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59 | 1st | ||
2003
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15,927,807 | 54.49% | 223 / 360
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17 | 1st | 15,585,538 | 53.69% | 76 / 109
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17 | 1st |
2007
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262 / 360
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39 | 1st | 85 / 109
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9 | 1st | ||||
2011
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13,312,817 | 46.63% | 203 / 360
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59 | 1st | |||||
2015
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140 / 360
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63 | 2nd | 49 / 109
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15 | 2nd | ||||
2019
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11,283,714 | 41.34% | 115 / 360
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25 | 2nd | 11,608,069 | 41.87% | 45 / 109
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4 | 2nd |
2023 | 119 / 360
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4 | 2nd | 37 / 109
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8 | 2nd |
See also
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