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/NOPOLITICAL PARTYNO. OF CANDIDATES1.MPPP252.APC243.ACCORD184.PDP185.NCP176.LP167.SDP168.CPP149.ACPN1310.ADC1211.UPP1112.PPA1013.KOWA914.UDP915.NNPP816.PPN617.ACD518.APGA519.ID520.APA421.AD422.DPP323.AA124.PDM125.UPN126.PDC1Total no. of candidates256
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/NONAME OF ZONETOTAL NO. OF CANDIDATES1.SOUTH – EAST802.SOUTH – WEST613.SOUTH – SOUTH354.NORTH – CENTRAL355.NORTH – WEST246.NORTH – EAST15FCT6Total no. of candidates256
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/NOSTATENO. OF CANDIDATES1.ABIA72.ADAMAWA33.AKWA – IBOM64.ANAMBRA225.BAUCHI56.BAYELSA37.BENUE–8.BORNO19.CROSS RIVER210.DELTA1711.EBONYI912.EDO113.EKITI414.ENUGU2515.GOMBE316.IMO1717.JIGAWA218.KADUNA819.KANO220.KATSINA121.KEBBI322.KOGI323.KWARA1424.LAGOS1225.NASSARAWA426.NIGER627.OGUN1028.ONDO829.OSUN2130.OYO631.PLATEAU832.RIVERS633.SOKOTO534.TARABA–35.YOBE336.ZAMFARA3FCT6Total no. of candidates256
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/NOSTATENO. OF FEMALE CANDIDATESNO. OF MALE CANDIDATESDIFFERENCE1.ABIA737-202.ADAMAWA342-393.AKWA – IBOM627-214.ANAMBRA2272-505.BAUCHI539-346.BAYELSA317-147.BENUE–35-358.BORNO133-329.CROSS RIVER226-2410.DELTA1745-2811.EBONYI921-1212.EDO135-3413.EKITI421-1714.ENUGU2533-815.GOMBE324-2116.IMO1776-5917.JIGAWA232-3018.KADUNA855-4719.KANO292-9020.KATSINA156-5521.KEBBI341-3922.KOGI331-2923.KWARA1434-2024.LAGOS1277-6525.NASSARAWA421-1726.NIGER626-2027.OGUN1044-3428.ONDO836-2829.OSUN2147-2630.OYO680-7431.PLATEAU825-1732.RIVERS650-4433.SOKOTO594-8434.TARABA–24-2435.YOBE312-936.ZAMFARA342-39FCT616-102561,518
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/NOSTATEPERCENTAGE (%)1.ABIA15.92.ADAMAWA6.63.AKWA – IBOM18.14.ANAMBRA23.45.BAUCHI11.36.BAYELSA157.BENUE–8.BORNO2.99.CROSS RIVER7.110.DELTA27.411.EBONYI3012.EDO2.713.EKITI1614.ENUGU43.115.GOMBE11.116.IMO18.217.JIGAWA5.818.KADUNA12.619.KANO2.120.KATSINA1.721.KEBBI6.822.KOGI8.823.KWARA29.124.LAGOS13.425.NASSARAWA1626.NIGER18.727.OGUN18.528.ONDO18.829.OSUN30.830.OYO6.931.PLATEAU24.232.RIVERS1033.SOKOTO5.034.TARABA–35.YOBE2036.ZAMFARA6.6FCT27.2
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/NOSTATEPOLITICAL PARTYNO. OF CANDIDATE1.ABIALP
UPP
APC
PDP2
2
1
22.ADAMAWAPPN
LP
APC1
1
13.AKWA – IBOMACCORD64.ANAMBRAUPP
PPA
ACCORD
ACD
ADC
NNPP
APGA
APC
PDP3
1
7
2
2
1
2
3
15.BAUCHIAPA
MPPP2
36.BAYELSAPDP
APC1
27.BENUE––8.BORNOAPC19.CROSS RIVERID
APC1
110.DELTAUPP
ACCORD
PPN
PDP
MPPP
APC
ID
ACPN
APA
ACD2
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
111.EBONYIAPC
NCP
ACPN
LP1
2
5
112.EDOACD113.EKITIACPN
PDC
APC2
1
114.ENUGUUDP
KOWA
PDP
APC
SDP
CPP
PPA
MPPP
APA7
7
1
3
1
1
3
1
115.GOMBEADC
PDP
APC1
1
116.IMOAPGA
PPN
MPPP
ACCORD
PDP
APC
UPP
NCP
LP
ID
SDP2
1
2
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
117.JIGAWAPDP
NCP1
118.KADUNAUPP
PPA
ADC
PDP
LP1
1
3
1
219.KANONCP
PDM1
120.KATSINAPDP121.KEBBICPP
APGA
NNPP1
1
122.KOGIUPP
LP
AA1
1
123.KWARAPPN
ADC
SDP
CPP
APC
NNPP
NCP
ACPN2
2
4
2
1
1
1
124.LAGOSLP
KOWA
SDP
MPPP
CPP
PDP
PPA
AD1
1
1
4
1
1
1
225.NASSARAWAADC
PPA
LP1
1
126.NIGERNCP
SDP2
427.OGUNUDP
DPP
ACD
ACPN
SDP
UPN
PDP2
2
1
1
2
1
128.ONDOPPA
ACPN
PDP
LP
APC1
3
1
2
129.OSUNID
CPP
NNPP
SDP
NCP
MPPP
APC
PPA1
6
4
1
4
3
1
130.OYOPDP
DPP
KOWA
SDP3
1
1
131.PLATEAUMPPP
APC6
132.RIVERSLP
SDP
ID
APC3
1
1
133.SOKOTONCP
CPP
AD
PPA
PPN1
1
1
1
134.TARABA35.YOBENCP
APC2
136.ZAMFARANNPP
UPP
NCP1
1
1FCTCPP
MPPP
AD
NCP2
2
1
1Total of no. of candidates256
Table 7: Distribution of the total number of female senatorial candidates participating in the 2015 General Elections according to Political Parties.S/NOPOLITICAL PARTYNO. OF CANDIDATES1.MPPP152.ACCORD93.KOWA84.APC75.ID76.UDP77.PPA68.LP69.NNPP610.PDP611.ADC612.UPP513.CPP514.PPN515.SDP416.ACD317.DPP318.NCP219.APA220.ACPN221.APGA122.AA123.PDM124.PDC125.AD–26.UPN–Total no. of candidates119
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/NONAME OF ZONETOTAL NO. OF CANDIDATES1.SOUTH – WEST302.SOUTH – EAST293.SOUTH – SOUTH234.NORTH – CENTRAL165.NORTH – WEST96.NORTH – EAST8FCT4Total no. of candidates119
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/NOSTATENO. OF CANDIDATES1.ABIA12.ADAMAWA53.AKWA – IBOM34.ANAMBRA85.BAUCHI16.BAYELSA27.BENUE–8.BORNO19.CROSS RIVER310.DELTA1211.EBONYI212.EDO–13.EKITI114.ENUGU915.GOMBE–16.IMO917.JIGAWA–18.KADUNA219.KANO120.KATSINA–21.KEBBI–22.KOGI223.KWARA724.LAGOS1025.NASSARAWA–26.NIGER227.OGUN1028.ONDO–29.OSUN830.OYO231.PLATEAU532.RIVERS333.SOKOTO434.TARABA135.YOBE–36.ZAMFARA2FCT4Total no. of candidates119
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/NOSTATENO. OF FEMALE CANDIDATESNO. OF MALE CANDIDATESDIFFERENCE1.ABIA120-192.ADAMAWA517-123.AKWA – IBOM39-64.ANAMBRA834-265.BAUCHI114-136.BAYELSA28-67.BENUE–10-108.BORNO118-179.CROSS RIVER39-610.DELTA1223-1111.EBONYI216-1412.EDO–16-1013.EKITI112-1114.ENUGU918-915.GOMBE–12-1216.IMO926-1717.JIGAWA–11-1118.KADUNA216-1419.KANO120-1920.KATSINA–13-1321.KEBBI–25-2522.KOGI220-1823.KWARA722-1524.LAGOS1010-025.NASSARAWA–16-1626.NIGER214-1227.OGUN1019-928.ONDO–20-2029.OSUN822-1430.OYO216-1431.PLATEAU57-232.RIVERS315-1233.SOKOTO440-3634.TARABA112-1135.YOBE–7-736.ZAMFARA236-34FCT47-3
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/NOSTATEPERCENTAGE (%)1.ABIA5.02.ADAMAWA29.43.AKWA – IBOM33.34.ANAMBRA23.55.BAUCHI7.26.BAYELSA25.07.BENUE–8.BORNO5.59.CROSS RIVER33.310.DELTA52.211.EBONYI12.512.EDO–13.EKITI8.514.ENUGU50.015.GOMBE–16.IMO34.617.JIGAWA–18.KADUNA12.519.KANO5.020.KATSINA–21.KEBBI–22.KOGI10.023.KWARA31.824.LAGOS50.025.NASSARAWA–26.NIGER14.227.OGUN52.628.ONDO–29.OSUN36.430.OYO12.531.PLATEAU71.432.RIVERS20.033.SOKOTO10.034.TARABA8.335.YOBE–36.ZAMFARA5.5FCT57.2
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/NOSTATEPOLITICAL PARTYNO. OF CANDIDATE1.ABIAAPC12.ADAMAWAAPC
LP
PPN
PDM1
2
1
13.AKWA – IBOMACCORD
NCP2
14.ANAMBRAACCORD
KOWA
ACD
ADC
APC3
1
1
2
15.BAUCHIMPPP16.BAYELSAPPA17.BENUE––8.BORNOLP19.CROSS RIVERPDP
APC
ID1
1
110.DELTAACD
ID
KOWA
MPPP
APA
CPP
UPP2
2
3
2
1
1
111.EBONYIACPN212.EDO––13.EKITIPDP114.ENUGUKOWA
MPPP
UDP
APC
LP
APGA2
1
3
1
1
115.GOMBE––16.IMOACCORD
MPPP
PDC
KOWA
UPP
APA
PPN2
2
1
1
1
1
117.JIGAWA––18.KADUNAADC219.KANOPDP120.KATSINA––21.KEBBI––22.KOGICPP
UPP1
123.KWARASDP
ID
NNPP
PPN
CPP2
2
1
1
124.LAGOSMPPP
PPA
KOWA
NNPP
PDP
APC3
3
1
1
1
125.NASSARAWA––26.NIGERPDP
SDP1
127.OGUNUDP
DPP
PPN
NNPP
ADC3
3
1
1
128.ONDO––29.OSUNCPP
NNPP
LP
MPPP
PPA2
2
2
1
130.OYOACCORD
PDP1
131.PLATEAUMPPP
APC
PPA3
1
132.RIVERSID
UDP
NNPP1
1
133.SOKOTOID
AA
NCP
PPN1
1
1
134.TARABAMPPP135.YOBE––36.ZAMFARAACCORD
UPP1
1FCTADC
MPPP
SDP
UPP1
1
1
1Total of no. of candidates119