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PDP wins parliamentary elections

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    With less than one-fifth of the results still to come, Nigeria’s centre-left People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has gained 194 of 360 House of Representative seats in Saturday’s legislative elections, Reuters reported today (Monday). The PDP has also won 59 seats in the 109-seat Senate, the upper chamber.

    The Alliance for Democracy (AD) and its ally the All People’s Party (APP) have won 127 House and 39 Senate seats between them, Reuters said. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told IRIN official results would be declared tomorrow (Tuesday).

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