THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF INEC
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The cornerstone of competitive elections and democracy is free and fair election. The credibility and legitimacy accorded an election victory is determined by the extent to which the process is free and fair (Garuba, 2007; Bogaards, 2007). Free and fair election serves the purpose of legitimizing such government. In fact, the quality of elections is part of the criteria for assessing the level of consolidation of new democracies. Elections are therefore considered as vital and indispensable for determining the democratic nature of apolitical system and ensuring national security. When election is not managed quite satisfactorily, it can pave the way for deeper ethnic and regional divisions, lost of legitimacy of elected authorities, protest, violent contestation, social explosion, and doubt about institutions, violence, and instability or even threaten the entire democratization process. In fact, poor management of elections is a real and prolific source of conflicts, violence, insecurity and instability (Hounkpe&Gueye, 2010). Low turnout in the 2016 compared to 2011 may be attributed to some factors. First, it might be an indication that previous election results were inflated.
Second, there was a heightened sense of insecurity among Nigerians, with causes such as the Boko Haram insurgency in the North, the possibility of the incumbent not willing to accept the outcome of the election should it not be in its favour, the effects of the election postponement, Also, there is the perception that ‘votes do not count’ and that the outcomes have been pre-decided by an elite minority. However, this study is examining the electoral process and national security comparing the 2011 and the 2016 general elections.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
- To examine the relationship between electoral process and democratic development in Nigeria.
- To examine the factors that promotes democratic development in an electoral process.
- To determine the electoral processes and the level of democratic development in Nigeria.
- To determine the role of INEC in promoting electoral processes in Nigeria.
- To recommend ways of improving electoral process and democratic development in Nigeria.
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