NIGERIAN SENATE
This file contains results for elections to the Nigerian Senate in 2011.
RGRegion
The following eight regions are used in the dataset:
Africa
Asia
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Latin America
North America
Caribbean
Oceania
CTR_NCountry Name
CTRCountry Code
Country codes developed by the UN,
566Nigeria
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YRElection Year
MNElection Month
SUB_NSubnational Geographical Unit Name
Subnational geographical or administrative unit different fromthe constituency. In Nigeria, the unit is the state. Each state encompasses multiple constituencies.
CST_NConstituency Name
CSTConstituency Code
Each constituency has a unique numerical identifier:
- Abia North
- Abia Central
- Abia South
- Adamawa North
- Adamawa South
- Adamawa Central
- Akwa Ibom North-East
- Akwa Ibom North-West
- Akwa Ibom South
- Anambra North
- Anambra Central
- Anambra South
- Bauchi South
- Bauchi Central
- Bauchi North
- Bayelsa East
- Bayelsa Central
- Bayelsa West
- Benue North-East
- Benue North-West
- Benue South
- Borno North
- Borno Central
- Borno South
- Cross River North
- Cross River Central
- Cross River South
- Delta Central
- Delta North
- Delta South
- Ebonyi North
- Ebonyi Central
- Ebonyi South
- Edo Central
- Edo North
- Edo South
- Ekiti North
- Ekiti Central
- Ekiti South
- Enugu East
- Enugu West
- Enugu North
- Gombe Central
- Gombe South
- Gombe North
- Imo East
- Imo West
- Imo North
- Jigawa South-West
- Jigawa North-East
- Jigawa North-West
- Kaduna North
- Kaduna Central
- Kaduna South
- Kano North
- Kano South
- Katsina North
- Katsina South
- Katsina Central
- Kebbi North
- Kebbi Central
- Kebbi South
- Kogi Central
- Kogi East
- Kogi West
- Kwara North
- Kwara Central
- Kwara South
- Lagos Central
- Lagos East
- Lagos West
- Nassarawa North
- Nassarawa West
- Nassarawa South
- Niger East
- Niger North
- Niger South
- Ogun Central
- Ogun East
- Ogun West
- Ondo North
- Ondo Central
- Ondo South
- Osun Central
- Osun East
- Osun West
- Oyo Central
- Oyo North
- Oyo South
- Plateau South
- Plateau Central
- Plateau North
- Rivers East
- Rivers South-East
- Rivers West
- Sokoto East
- Sokoto North
- Sokoto South
- Yobe East
- Yobe North
- Yobe South
- Zamfara North
- Zamfara Central
- Zamfara West
MAGDistrict Magnitude
Number of seats up for election within a constituency. In Nigeria, each constituency elects one senator.
PTY_NParty Name
Name of party or list.
PTY_AParty Abbreviation
Abbreviation of party or list name.
CANCandidate Name
Name of candidate.
CVCandidate Votes
Number of votes for the candidate listed in CAN.
SEATSeats Won
Coded 1 for victorious candidates and 0 otherwise.
VVValid Votes
The total number of votes cast for candidates in a constituency. This variable should equal the sum of CV within a constituency for that election.
Source: Nigeria National Electoral Commission,