INTRODUCTION: The TMG conducted a Quick Count as part of its overall observation of the 2015 presidential elections. The Quick Count is an advanced observation methodology that employs well established statistical principles and sophisticated information technology. Quick Counts, also known as Parallel Vote Tabulations (PVTs), provide the most timely and accurate information on the conduct of voting and counting and is the only observation methodology that can independently v

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to take decisive action against troublemakers before, during and after the 2015 general elections. Two frontline election monitors, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and CLEEN Foundation have come out with early warning and election security threat assessments in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. By EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE The 2011 post-election violence that followed the announcement of presidential election results has remained a so

CENTRE FOR CIVIC EDUCATION (a.k.a Transition Monitoring Group) ‘A Coalition of Human Rights & Civil Society Organizations’ A Communiqué Issued at the end of a One-Day National Stakeholders Conference on Status of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) by Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Rockview Hotel (Royale), Wuse II Abuja Preamble As part of the on-going efforts to reform Nigeria’s electoral processes and institutions ahead of the

…..Response to the latest developments which  warranted INEC to declare the elections inconclusive and then the prospects fore a supplementary elections in Anambra State. TMG Pre-Election Findings Elections are more than just Election Day, and TMG has been observing the entire process for the Anambra Gubernatorial Election. TMG’s main findings related to the pre-election period include: 1. The judiciary speedily resolved electoral petitions, but the spate of litigation over P

Based on Quick Count method, the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has described as accurate the released results by INEC of the Anambra State Gubernatorial Elections. Recall the results are not complete owing to incomplete polls that has been rescheduled. Below the complete text of the Press Conference held on November 19th, 2013….. Distinguished guests, our respected partners, stakeholders, ladies and gentlemen of the media, on behalf of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG