<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> General elections were held in Nigeria on 28 and 29 March 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999 . Voters elected the President and members to the House of Representatives and the Senate . The incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan sought his second and final term . </P> <P> The elections were first scheduled to be held on 14 February 2015 . However, the electoral commission postponed it by six weeks to 28 March, mainly due to the poor distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, and also to curb ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in certain north - eastern states . The government closed its land and sea borders from midnight on 25 March until the end of the polling date . The election was extended to 29 March due to delays and technical problems with the biometric card readers . </P>

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