%0 Journal Article
%T 2011 Presidential Election and the Political Participation in Nigeria
%A Ayo Awopeju
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2012
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/j.css.1923669720120802.1100
%X The study examined the 2011 presidential election and the level of citizens¡¯ participation in Nigeria. The study showed the preparation, challenges and the conduct of 2011 election in Nigeria with a major reference to the presidential election. The study further observed that there was an average level of citizens¡¯ participation in the 2011 presidential poll. By embarking on comparative analysis, the participation of the electorates in the 2011 presidential election was low compared to the previous presidential elections Nigeria had in the era of fourth republic. It was revealed that incessant electoral fraud introduced into the electoral game by the politicians, loss of public confi dence and ¡®do or die¡¯ syndrome might be responsible for low level of voters¡¯ turn out. The study also observed that the 2011 elections were just a watershed on the previous elections of the fourth republic. The study recommended that lapses of the 2011 elections should be taken care of by the INEC in order to further consolidating and deepening democracy in Nigeria. Key words: Presidential poll; Political parties; Election; Electoral fraud; Democracy R¨¦sum¨¦ L¡¯¨¦tude a examin¨¦ l¡¯¨¦lection pr¨¦sidentielle 2011 et le niveau de participation des citoyens au Nigeria. L¡¯¨¦tude a montr¨¦ les d¨¦fis de pr¨¦paration, et la conduite des ¨¦lections de 2011 au Nigeria avec une r¨¦f¨¦rence majeure pour l¡¯¨¦lection pr¨¦sidentielle. L¡¯¨¦tude a ¨¦galement observ¨¦ qu¡¯il y avait un niveau moyen de la participation des citoyens au scrutin pr¨¦sidentielle de 2011. En s¡¯engageant sur l¡¯analyse comparative, la participation des ¨¦lecteurs ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦lection pr¨¦sidentielle de 2011 a ¨¦t¨¦ faible par rapport aux pr¨¦c¨¦dentes ¨¦lections pr¨¦sidentielles au Nigeria avaient ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦poque de la IVe R¨¦publique. Il a ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦v¨¦l¨¦ que la fraude ¨¦lectorale incessante introduit dans le jeu ¨¦lectoral par les politiciens, la perte de la confiance du public et ¡®ne meurent ou¡¯ syndrome pourrait ¨ºtre responsable de faible niveau des ¨¦lecteurs tourner. L¡¯¨¦tude a ¨¦galement observ¨¦ que les ¨¦lections de 2011 ¨¦taient juste un bassin versant sur les ¨¦lections pr¨¦c¨¦dentes de la quatri¨¨me r¨¦publique. L¡¯¨¦tude a recommand¨¦ que les d¨¦faillances des ¨¦lections de 2011 devraient ¨ºtre pris en charge par la CENI en vue de consolider et renforcer la d¨¦mocratie au Nigeria. Mots cl¨¦s: Election pr¨¦sidentielle; Les partis politiques; Des ¨¦lections; La fraude ¨¦lectorale; La D¨¦mocratie
%K Presidential poll
%K Political parties
%K Election
%K Electoral fraud
%K Democracy
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/2412