Zaben shugaban kasa na Najeriya na 1979

An gudanar da zaben shugaban kasa a Najeriya a karo na farko a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta shekara ta 1979. Sakamakon ya kasance nasara ga Shehu Shagari, wanda Jam'iyyar National Party of Nigeria ta lashe Zaben majalisar dokoki a watan Yuli.Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database 

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A karkashin kundin tsarin mulki a shekara  ta 1979, don a zabe shi shugaban kasa a zaben farko ana buƙatar dan takara don samun mafi yawan kuri'u a duk fadin kasar kuma aƙalla kashi 25% na kuri'un a kashi biyu bisa uku na jihohin. Koyaya, a lokacin zaben, Najeriya tana da jihohi goma sha tara, kashi biyu bisa uku daga cikinsu a cikin ainihin adadi shine 12.66. An samu rikici game da ko Shehu Shagari ya sami ƙofar da ake bukata ta hanyar lashe kashi 25% a cikin jihohi goma sha biyu da 20% a Jihar Kano, wanda Shagari ta yi iƙirarin kashi biyu bisa uku na ƙofar 25% da ake buƙata kuma yana wakiltar ragowar 0.66 a cikin ƙofar tsarin mulki. Obafemi Awolowo ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya kamata a tattara ƙofar zuwa jihohi goma sha uku, waɗanda Shagari bai haɗu da su ba. Kotun Koli ta Najeriya ta yanke hukunci a madadin Shagari.

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