Following the successful conduct of the Feb. 25th National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday issued Certificates of Return to the newly elected House of Representatives Members.
TheLiberationNews reported that the Senators-elect were presented with theirs’ on Tuesday.
The presentation exercise was done by Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the electoral commission at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Yakubu had on Saturday said winners were declared for 423 legislative seats, indicating that supplementary elections would be conducted in 46 other constituencies.
He said in the House of Representatives, 325 out of 360 seats have been won by eight political parties.
In terms of party representation, the INEC boss said African Democratic Party (ADP), won two; All Progressives Congress (APC), 162; All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), four; Labour Party (LP), 34; New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), 18; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 102; Social Democratic Party (SDP), two and Young Progressives Party (YPP), one.
