The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said it has deleted 74 political parties, and that only 18 political parties survived, including one registered after the elections and another that obtained a court order to avoid de-registration.
Yakubu said the affected parties failed to meet the criteria provided for by section 225A of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The conditions, according to the said section, include: “breach of any of the requirements for registration as a party, failure to win at least 25 percent of the votes cast in one state in a presidential election or 25 percent of the votes cast in one local government area, and failure to win at least one ward in a Chairmanship election, one seat in the national or state assembly election or one seat in a councilorship election.”
