27 incidents on record
What went wrong, and where.
Incidents during Nigerian elections since 1999: violence, ballot snatching, vote buying, missing materials, technology failures and court rulings. Each entry says where it happened and links to the reporting it is based on.
Logistics & materials
· 2007
Ballot papers reprinted days before the 2007 presidential vote
After the Supreme Court ruled that Atiku Abubakar could contest, INEC hurriedly reprinted presidential ballots, which arrived late and without serial numbers.
Nationwide · 16 Apr 2007
Violence
· 2003
Rivers and Delta: armed gangs and stuffed ballots in 2003
Human Rights Watch documented armed gangs, often linked to politicians, intimidating voters and stuffing ballot boxes across the Niger Delta.
Rivers and Delta states · 19 Apr 2003
Result irregularities
· 1999
Observers find the 1999 presidential vote "seriously flawed"
The Carter Center and NDI reported inflated turnout and result manipulation in several states during the vote that ended military rule.
Nationwide · 27 Feb 1999
This archive records what reliable media, observer groups and courts reported. Inclusion is not a finding of guilt against any person or party. Corrections: solitech@elect.ng