{ "id": "ng-political-parties", "name": "Nigeria — Political Parties", "title": "Nigeria — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Nigeria from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. 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"description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 6603, "name_short": "UNCP", "name": "United Nigeria Congress Party", "name_english": "United Nigeria Congress Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1998, "year_last": 1998, "share": 81.2, "share_year": 1998, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nigeria_Congress_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5538, "name_short": "APC", "name": "All Progressives Congress", "name_english": "All Progressives Congress", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2013, "year_last": "", "share": 70.8, "share_year": 2015, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6976, "name_short": "NYM", "name": "Nigerian Youth Movement", "name_english": "Nigerian Youth Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1933, "year_last": 1938, "share": 64.8, "share_year": 1938, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Youth_Movement", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 510, "name_short": "SDP", "name": "Social Democratic Party", "name_english": "Social Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1993, "share": 53.3, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_%28Nigeria%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5350, "name_short": "NPC", "name": "Northern People's Congres", "name_english": "Northern People's Congress", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1949, "year_last": 1966, "share": 52.1, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_People%27s_Congress", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2354, "name_short": "PDP", "name": "People's Democratic Party", "name_english": "People's Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1998, "year_last": "", "share": 52, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_%28Nigeria%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1154, "name_short": "NRC", "name": "National Republican Convention", "name_english": "National Republican Convention", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1993, "share": 46.7, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Convention", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5351, "name_short": "NPN", "name": "National Party of Nigeria", "name_english": "National Party of Nigeria", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1966, "year_last": 1983, "share": 37.4, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_of_Nigeria", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5353, "name_short": "NCNC", "name": "National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons", "name_english": "National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1944, "year_last": 1966, "share": 29.5, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Nigeria_and_the_Cameroons", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2313, "name_short": "ANPP", "name": "All Nigeria People's Party", "name_english": "All Nigeria People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1998, "year_last": 2013, "share": 27.4, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6977, "name_short": "CRA", "name": "Calabar Ratepayers' Association", "name_english": "Calabar Ratepayers' Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1928, "year_last": 1933, "share": 25, "share_year": 1928, "wikipedia": "", "description": "1 of 4 seats in 1928 Nigerian general election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5356, "name_short": "UPN", "name": "Unity Party of Nigeria", "name_english": "Unity Party of Nigeria", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1978, "year_last": 1983, "share": 24.7, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Party_of_Nigeria", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5355, "name_short": "AG", "name": "Action Group", "name_english": "Action Group", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1951, "year_last": 1965, "share": 23.5, "share_year": 1959, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Group_(Nigeria)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5352, "name_short": "NPP", "name": "Nigerian Peoples Party", "name_english": "Nigerian Peoples Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1980, "year_last": 1983, "share": 17.4, "share_year": 1979, 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"name_short": "LP", "name": "Labour Party", "name_english": "Labour Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2002, "year_last": "", "share": 3.4, "share_year": 2011, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(Nigeria)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3802, "name_short": "UNPP", "name": "United Nigeria People's Party", "name_english": "United Nigeria People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2003, "year_last": 2003, "share": 2.7, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nigeria_People%27s_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3552, "name_short": "NDP", "name": "National Democratic Party", "name_english": "National Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2001, "year_last": "", "share": 2.3, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_%28Nigeria%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6144, "name_short": "APGA", "name": "All Progressive Grand Alliance", "name_english": "All Progressive Grand Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2003, "year_last": "", "share": 1.3, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Nigeria — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Nigeria from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). 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