Nigerian parliamentary election, 1983

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Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria in August 1983. The Senate was elected on 20 August and the House of Representatives on 27 August. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party of Nigeria, which won 60 of the 96 Senate seats and 306 of the 450 House seats.^[1]

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Party of Nigeria			60	+24
Unity Party of Nigeria			16	-12
Nigerian People's Party			12	-4
People's Redemption Party			5	-2
Greater Nigerian People's Party			2	-6
Vacant	-	-	1	-
Total			96	+1

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
National Party of Nigeria			306	+138
Unity Party of Nigeria			51	-60
Nigerian People's Party			48	-30
People's Redemption Party			41	-8
Greater Nigerian People's Party			0	-43
Vacant	-	-	4	-
Total			450	+1

References

↑ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database

Elections in Nigeria

Presidential elections	1979 1983 1993 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

House elections	1923 1928 1933 1938 1943 1947 1954 1959 1964 1979 1983 1992 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Senate elections	1979 1983 1992 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Regional elections	1951 1953 1954 1956−57 1960−61 1964 British Cameroons: 1959 1961

Local elections	1950 1953

Referendums	1959 1961

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