<P> After a botched governor's election in Anambra State, there were serious concerns that the election would not go smoothly . The country's election commission had promised a better election process, hoping that combating electoral fraud would prevent the violence that had plagued previous Nigerian elections . Despite this, a pre-election poll by Gallup noted that only 13% of Nigerians had confidence in the honesty of elections . </P> <P> The Socialist Party of Nigeria filed for registration as a political party to contest the election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused the registration . The SPN sued the INEC at the Federal High Court, claiming that INEC had failed to respond to their petition within 30 days as prescribed by law and that thus it would have to be registered automatically . </P> <P> The presidential election was a trending topic in Nigeria on Twitter, one social media platform reflecting public opinion; although PDP / GEJ may simply have had better support on social media, which is not representative of the population as a whole . According to Impact Social, based on data from 40,000 tweets, Facebook messages, blogs, and other internet outlets that mention PDP or GEJ, 70% of public opinion toward President Jonathan is positive, but messaging on the economy has taken up 6% of election conversation and was seen as a key PDP strength . Social media support for Buhari / APC was a bit "noisier" without a single issue leveraged by the campaign to gain traction: there was general frustration that the campaign lacked consistency, content and focus on the important issues at hand . </P> <P> In January 2015, the #bringbackourgirls campaign raised alarm over plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude Chibok and some communities currently under the control of the Boko Haram from getting the permanent voter cards (PVCs) for the February elections . Jonathan's already controversial handling of the situation was exacerbated by the Twitter campaign that was launched in mid 2014, #BringBackJonathan2015, which was widely considered to be insensitive to the victims and their families . Jonathan eventually called for banners containing the hashtag to be taken down and asked for the hashtag to not be used . </P>

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