News organisations typically project who has won the election shortly after polls close on Election Day. Here are the key dates leading up Biden becoming the 46th president of the US. “The nation needs to really rise and condemn these acts of voter suppression that we observed yesterday,” he said.Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday, November 7 passed the 270 vote electoral college threshold needed to claim victory in the 2020 presidential election, making him president-elect of the United States and Senator Kamala Harris vice president-elect.īut there are still several steps in the electoral process before President Donald Trump’s presidency ends on January 20 and Biden takes office. “It is unacceptable that Nigerians who have the constitutional rights to participate in an election go out to cast their vote and you have thugs who make it difficult for them,” said Samson Itodo, the head of Yiaga Africa. While Saturday's election was largely peaceful, observers said there were at least 135 critical incidents, including eight reports of ballot-snatching, that undermined the legitimacy of the country's democracy, The challenges also likely resulted in low voter turnout, said Yiaga Africa, the country’s largest election monitoring body. The cash shortage affected transportation not only for voters but also for election workers and police officers providing security. “I waited from morning till night to vote on Sunday and now they are taking time to announce (the winner),” Kate Imadu, 26, in Abuja.Įlection officials blamed the delays on logistical issues, though other observers pointed to the upheaval created by a redesigned currency that has left many residents unable to obtain bank notes. Some frustrated voters who were unable to cast ballots Saturday waited overnight at polling stations that stayed open on Sunday. “We beg especially the Independent National Electoral Commission to be careful, judicious and transparent in handling the votes of the people," he said. And in Enugu state, Catholic Bishop Igwebuike Onah urged the election commission to be transparent: On Sunday, worshippers at the House on the Rock church in Abuja were asked to sing and dance in thanksgiving for a successful election. A runoff election will be held if no candidate secures one-quarter of the votes from two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city along with receiving the highest number of votes. After the last presidential election, it took four days for a declaration of victory.
There were three front-runners in the 18-party race: Tinubu, the main opposition party’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi with the Labour Party, the surprise candidate in what was long regarded as a two-person contest.Ī winner is not expected to be announced until at least Monday. Voters keenly awaited for the announcement of the winner in the race to lead Africa’s most populous country, where incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is stepping down after two four-year terms. “We are aware there will be many more states concluding tonight and )tallies) coming to Abuja,” Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, said. People across the country continued casting ballots Sunday even though the general election, which included choosing a new national legislature, had been scheduled to end Saturday. Results from 35 other states and Abuja were still pending after logistical problems and security concerns caused voting delays. The ruling All Progressives Congress party's candidate, Bola Tinubu, secured the most votes in southwest Nigeria's Ekiti state, the commission said at the national collation center in the capital, Abuja. ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria’s election commission announced the first results late Sunday from the country's closely watched presidential election, but it could days before a winner is declared.
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