WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS

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Following the release of the names of all the Political Party Candidates cleared to run for the 2015 General Elections, Lawyers Alert’ conducted analysis of the list of Candidates with a view to finding out the level of women participation in the electoral process, as well as political parties’ compliance to Gender balancing in the allotment of offices.

The analysis is based on the following benchmark:

The total number of female contestants as against the male across all the parties, zones and states.
The percentage difference between the two across all offices and state.
Compliance to local, regional and international instruments that promotes and protects women rights and development.
The level of increase or otherwise of women participation in the electoral process in comparison with the last general elections 2011.

Table 1: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections according to Political Parties at the States House of Assembly levels.

S/NO	POLITICAL PARTY	NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	MPPP	25
2.	APC	24
3.	ACCORD	18
4.	PDP	18
5.	NCP	17
6.	LP	16
7.	SDP	16
8.	CPP	14
9.	ACPN	13
10.	ADC	12
11.	UPP	11
12.	PPA	10
13.	KOWA	9
14.	UDP	9
15.	NNPP	8
16.	PPN	6
17.	ACD	5
18.	APGA	5
19.	ID	5
20.	APA	4
21.	AD	4
22.	DPP	3
23.	AA	1
24.	PDM	1
25.	UPN	1
26.	PDC	1
	Total no. of candidates	256

Table 2: Distribution of the total number of female candidates, States House of Assemblies participating in the 2015 General Elections according to the six (6) Geo-political zones.

S/NO	NAME OF ZONE	TOTAL NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	SOUTH – EAST	80
2.	SOUTH – WEST	61
3.	SOUTH – SOUTH	35
4.	NORTH – CENTRAL	35
5.	NORTH – WEST	24
6.	NORTH – EAST	15
	FCT	6
	Total no. of candidates	256

Table 3: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections, States House of Assemblies, according to the thirty-six (36) states of the federation.

S/NO	STATE	NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	ABIA	7
2.	ADAMAWA	3
3.	AKWA – IBOM	6
4.	ANAMBRA	22
5.	BAUCHI	5
6.	BAYELSA	3
7.	BENUE	–
8.	BORNO	1
9.	CROSS RIVER	2
10.	DELTA	17
11.	EBONYI	9
12.	EDO	1
13.	EKITI	4
14.	ENUGU	25
15.	GOMBE	3
16.	IMO	17
17.	JIGAWA	2
18.	KADUNA	8
19.	KANO	2
20.	KATSINA	1
21.	KEBBI	3
22.	KOGI	3
23.	KWARA	14
24.	LAGOS	12
25.	NASSARAWA	4
26.	NIGER	6
27.	OGUN	10
28.	ONDO	8
29.	OSUN	21
30.	OYO	6
31.	PLATEAU	8
32.	RIVERS	6
33.	SOKOTO	5
34.	TARABA	–
35.	YOBE	3
36.	ZAMFARA	3
	FCT	6
	Total no. of candidates	256

Table 4: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections, States Houses of Assembly, against the number of male candidates according to the thirty-six (36) states of the federation.

S/NO	STATE	NO. OF FEMALE CANDIDATES	NO. OF MALE CANDIDATES	DIFFERENCE
1.	ABIA	7	37	-20
2.	ADAMAWA	3	42	-39
3.	AKWA – IBOM	6	27	-21
4.	ANAMBRA	22	72	-50
5.	BAUCHI	5	39	-34
6.	BAYELSA	3	17	-14
7.	BENUE	–	35	-35
8.	BORNO	1	33	-32
9.	CROSS RIVER	2	26	-24
10.	DELTA	17	45	-28
11.	EBONYI	9	21	-12
12.	EDO	1	35	-34
13.	EKITI	4	21	-17
14.	ENUGU	25	33	-8
15.	GOMBE	3	24	-21
16.	IMO	17	76	-59
17.	JIGAWA	2	32	-30
18.	KADUNA	8	55	-47
19.	KANO	2	92	-90
20.	KATSINA	1	56	-55
21.	KEBBI	3	41	-39
22.	KOGI	3	31	-29
23.	KWARA	14	34	-20
24.	LAGOS	12	77	-65
25.	NASSARAWA	4	21	-17
26.	NIGER	6	26	-20
27.	OGUN	10	44	-34
28.	ONDO	8	36	-28
29.	OSUN	21	47	-26
30.	OYO	6	80	-74
31.	PLATEAU	8	25	-17
32.	RIVERS	6	50	-44
33.	SOKOTO	5	94	-84
34.	TARABA	–	24	-24
35.	YOBE	3	12	-9
36.	ZAMFARA	3	42	-39
	FCT	6	16	-10
		256	1,518

Table 5: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections, States House of Assemblies, against the number of male candidates according to the percentage difference across the thirty-six (36) states.

S/NO	STATE	PERCENTAGE (%)
1.	ABIA	15.9
2.	ADAMAWA	6.6
3.	AKWA – IBOM	18.1
4.	ANAMBRA	23.4
5.	BAUCHI	11.3
6.	BAYELSA	15
7.	BENUE	–
8.	BORNO	2.9
9.	CROSS RIVER	7.1
10.	DELTA	27.4
11.	EBONYI	30
12.	EDO	2.7
13.	EKITI	16
14.	ENUGU	43.1
15.	GOMBE	11.1
16.	IMO	18.2
17.	JIGAWA	5.8
18.	KADUNA	12.6
19.	KANO	2.1
20.	KATSINA	1.7
21.	KEBBI	6.8
22.	KOGI	8.8
23.	KWARA	29.1
24.	LAGOS	13.4
25.	NASSARAWA	16
26.	NIGER	18.7
27.	OGUN	18.5
28.	ONDO	18.8
29.	OSUN	30.8
30.	OYO	6.9
31.	PLATEAU	24.2
32.	RIVERS	10
33.	SOKOTO	5.0
34.	TARABA	–
35.	YOBE	20
36.	ZAMFARA	6.6
	FCT	27.2

Table 6: House of Representatives: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections under each political party across the thirty-six (36) states.

S/NO	STATE	POLITICAL PARTY	NO. OF CANDIDATE
1.	ABIA	LP UPP APC PDP	2 2 1 2
2.	ADAMAWA	PPN LP APC	1 1 1
3.	AKWA – IBOM	ACCORD	6
4.	ANAMBRA	UPP PPA ACCORD ACD ADC NNPP APGA APC PDP	3 1 7 2 2 1 2 3 1
5.	BAUCHI	APA MPPP	2 3
6.	BAYELSA	PDP APC	1 2
7.	BENUE	–	–
8.	BORNO	APC	1
9.	CROSS RIVER	ID APC	1 1
10.	DELTA	UPP ACCORD PPN PDP MPPP APC ID ACPN APA ACD	2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
11.	EBONYI	APC NCP ACPN LP	1 2 5 1
12.	EDO	ACD	1
13.	EKITI	ACPN PDC APC	2 1 1
14.	ENUGU	UDP KOWA PDP APC SDP CPP PPA MPPP APA	7 7 1 3 1 1 3 1 1
15.	GOMBE	ADC PDP APC	1 1 1
16.	IMO	APGA PPN MPPP ACCORD PDP APC UPP NCP LP ID SDP	2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
17.	JIGAWA	PDP NCP	1 1
18.	KADUNA	UPP PPA ADC PDP LP	1 1 3 1 2
19.	KANO	NCP PDM	1 1
20.	KATSINA	PDP	1
21.	KEBBI	CPP APGA NNPP	1 1 1
22.	KOGI	UPP LP AA	1 1 1
23.	KWARA	PPN ADC SDP CPP APC NNPP NCP ACPN	2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1
24.	LAGOS	LP KOWA SDP MPPP CPP PDP PPA AD	1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2
25.	NASSARAWA	ADC PPA LP	1 1 1
26.	NIGER	NCP SDP	2 4
27.	OGUN	UDP DPP ACD ACPN SDP UPN PDP	2 2 1 1 2 1 1
28.	ONDO	PPA ACPN PDP LP APC	1 3 1 2 1
29.	OSUN	ID CPP NNPP SDP NCP MPPP APC PPA	1 6 4 1 4 3 1 1
30.	OYO	PDP DPP KOWA SDP	3 1 1 1
31.	PLATEAU	MPPP APC	6 1
32.	RIVERS	LP SDP ID APC	3 1 1 1
33.	SOKOTO	NCP CPP AD PPA PPN	1 1 1 1 1
34.	TARABA
35.	YOBE	NCP APC	2 1
36.	ZAMFARA	NNPP UPP NCP	1 1 1
	FCT	CPP MPPP AD NCP	2 2 1 1
	Total of no. of candidates		256

Table 7: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections according to Political Parties.

S/NO	POLITICAL PARTY	NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	MPPP	15
2.	ACCORD	9
3.	KOWA	8
4.	APC	7
5.	ID	7
6.	UDP	7
7.	PPA	6
8.	LP	6
9.	NNPP	6
10.	PDP	6
11.	ADC	6
12.	UPP	5
13.	CPP	5
14.	PPN	5
15.	SDP	4
16.	ACD	3
17.	DPP	3
18.	NCP	2
19.	APA	2
20.	ACPN	2
21.	APGA	1
22.	AA	1
23.	PDM	1
24.	PDC	1
25.	AD	–
26.	UPN	–
	Total no. of candidates	119

Table 8: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections according to the six (6) Geo-political zones.

S/NO	NAME OF ZONE	TOTAL NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	SOUTH – WEST	30
2.	SOUTH – EAST	29
3.	SOUTH – SOUTH	23
4.	NORTH – CENTRAL	16
5.	NORTH – WEST	9
6.	NORTH – EAST	8
	FCT	4
	Total no. of candidates	119

Table 9: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections according to the thirty-six (36) states of the federation.

S/NO	STATE	NO. OF CANDIDATES
1.	ABIA	1
2.	ADAMAWA	5
3.	AKWA – IBOM	3
4.	ANAMBRA	8
5.	BAUCHI	1
6.	BAYELSA	2
7.	BENUE	–
8.	BORNO	1
9.	CROSS RIVER	3
10.	DELTA	12
11.	EBONYI	2
12.	EDO	–
13.	EKITI	1
14.	ENUGU	9
15.	GOMBE	–
16.	IMO	9
17.	JIGAWA	–
18.	KADUNA	2
19.	KANO	1
20.	KATSINA	–
21.	KEBBI	–
22.	KOGI	2
23.	KWARA	7
24.	LAGOS	10
25.	NASSARAWA	–
26.	NIGER	2
27.	OGUN	10
28.	ONDO	–
29.	OSUN	8
30.	OYO	2
31.	PLATEAU	5
32.	RIVERS	3
33.	SOKOTO	4
34.	TARABA	1
35.	YOBE	–
36.	ZAMFARA	2
	FCT	4
	Total no. of candidates	119

Table 10: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections against the number of male candidates according to the thirty-six (36) states of the federation.

S/NO	STATE	NO. OF FEMALE CANDIDATES	NO. OF MALE CANDIDATES	DIFFERENCE
1.	ABIA	1	20	-19
2.	ADAMAWA	5	17	-12
3.	AKWA – IBOM	3	9	-6
4.	ANAMBRA	8	34	-26
5.	BAUCHI	1	14	-13
6.	BAYELSA	2	8	-6
7.	BENUE	–	10	-10
8.	BORNO	1	18	-17
9.	CROSS RIVER	3	9	-6
10.	DELTA	12	23	-11
11.	EBONYI	2	16	-14
12.	EDO	–	16	-10
13.	EKITI	1	12	-11
14.	ENUGU	9	18	-9
15.	GOMBE	–	12	-12
16.	IMO	9	26	-17
17.	JIGAWA	–	11	-11
18.	KADUNA	2	16	-14
19.	KANO	1	20	-19
20.	KATSINA	–	13	-13
21.	KEBBI	–	25	-25
22.	KOGI	2	20	-18
23.	KWARA	7	22	-15
24.	LAGOS	10	10	-0
25.	NASSARAWA	–	16	-16
26.	NIGER	2	14	-12
27.	OGUN	10	19	-9
28.	ONDO	–	20	-20
29.	OSUN	8	22	-14
30.	OYO	2	16	-14
31.	PLATEAU	5	7	-2
32.	RIVERS	3	15	-12
33.	SOKOTO	4	40	-36
34.	TARABA	1	12	-11
35.	YOBE	–	7	-7
36.	ZAMFARA	2	36	-34
	FCT	4	7	-3

Table 11: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections against the number of male candidates according to the percentage difference across the thirty-six (36) states.

S/NO	STATE	PERCENTAGE (%)
1.	ABIA	5.0
2.	ADAMAWA	29.4
3.	AKWA – IBOM	33.3
4.	ANAMBRA	23.5
5.	BAUCHI	7.2
6.	BAYELSA	25.0
7.	BENUE	–
8.	BORNO	5.5
9.	CROSS RIVER	33.3
10.	DELTA	52.2
11.	EBONYI	12.5
12.	EDO	–
13.	EKITI	8.5
14.	ENUGU	50.0
15.	GOMBE	–
16.	IMO	34.6
17.	JIGAWA	–
18.	KADUNA	12.5
19.	KANO	5.0
20.	KATSINA	–
21.	KEBBI	–
22.	KOGI	10.0
23.	KWARA	31.8
24.	LAGOS	50.0
25.	NASSARAWA	–
26.	NIGER	14.2
27.	OGUN	52.6
28.	ONDO	–
29.	OSUN	36.4
30.	OYO	12.5
31.	PLATEAU	71.4
32.	RIVERS	20.0
33.	SOKOTO	10.0
34.	TARABA	8.3
35.	YOBE	–
36.	ZAMFARA	5.5
	FCT	57.2

Table 12: Distribution of the total number of female candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections under each political party cross the thirty-six (36) states.

S/NO	STATE	POLITICAL PARTY	NO. OF CANDIDATE
1.	ABIA	APC	1
2.	ADAMAWA	APC LP PPN PDM	1 2 1 1
3.	AKWA – IBOM	ACCORD NCP	2 1
4.	ANAMBRA	ACCORD KOWA ACD ADC APC	3 1 1 2 1
5.	BAUCHI	MPPP	1
6.	BAYELSA	PPA	1
7.	BENUE	–	–
8.	BORNO	LP	1
9.	CROSS RIVER	PDP APC ID	1 1 1
10.	DELTA	ACD ID KOWA MPPP APA CPP UPP	2 2 3 2 1 1 1
11.	EBONYI	ACPN	2
12.	EDO	–	–
13.	EKITI	PDP	1
14.	ENUGU	KOWA MPPP UDP APC LP APGA	2 1 3 1 1 1
15.	GOMBE	–	–
16.	IMO	ACCORD MPPP PDC KOWA UPP APA PPN	2 2 1 1 1 1 1
17.	JIGAWA	–	–
18.	KADUNA	ADC	2
19.	KANO	PDP	1
20.	KATSINA	–	–
21.	KEBBI	–	–
22.	KOGI	CPP UPP	1 1
23.	KWARA	SDP ID NNPP PPN CPP	2 2 1 1 1
24.	LAGOS	MPPP PPA KOWA NNPP PDP APC	3 3 1 1 1 1
25.	NASSARAWA	–	–
26.	NIGER	PDP SDP	1 1
27.	OGUN	UDP DPP PPN NNPP ADC	3 3 1 1 1
28.	ONDO	–	–
29.	OSUN	CPP NNPP LP MPPP PPA	2 2 2 1 1
30.	OYO	ACCORD PDP	1 1
31.	PLATEAU	MPPP APC PPA	3 1 1
32.	RIVERS	ID UDP NNPP	1 1 1
33.	SOKOTO	ID AA NCP PPN	1 1 1 1
34.	TARABA	MPPP	1
35.	YOBE	–	–
36.	ZAMFARA	ACCORD UPP	1 1
	FCT	ADC MPPP SDP UPP	1 1 1 1
	Total of no. of candidates		119