1993 Nigerian presidential election

Not to be confused with 1993 Nigerien presidential election.

1993 Nigerian presidential election
12 June 1993
 
Nominee Moshood Abiola Bashir Tofa
Party SDP NRC
Running mate Baba Gana Kingibe Sylvester Ugoh
Popular vote 8,341,309 5,952,087
Percentage 58.36% 41.64%
States won by Abiola (green) and Tofa (red)
President before election

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida

 Elected President

Election results annulled
(Sani Abacha becomes head of state)

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993. The elections were the first held since the 1983 military coup d'état which ended the Second Nigerian Republic. They were the culmination of a transition from military to civilian rule spearheaded by incumbent president Ibrahim Babangida. However, the results were annulled by the military government, citing electoral irregularities, when unofficial returns indicated a substantial victory for Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party over his opponent, Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention.

The annulment led to protests and Babangida's resignation as president, the installation of a weak interim civilian government, and the continuation of military rule under Sani Abacha following a bloodless palace coup in November 1993. Abiola, the apparent winner of the election, died in prison in 1998 after he was charged and convicted of treason for declaring himself president and commander-in-chief.

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