WAEC Government 1988 Question 51

Question 51

Franchise, Elections and Electoral Systems

The controversy over the 1979 Presidential election result was

  1. A.over the dispute on the conduct of the election.
  2. B.because educated Nigerians did not approve who received the number of votes.
  3. C.due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation.
  4. D.because the winning candidate did not pay his taxes as and when due in the past three years.
  5. E.because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the states had not been received.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 2/3 of all the states in the Federation.)

Explanation

The dispute was about what 'at least one quarter of the votes in two-thirds of the 19 states' meant (12⅔ states).