Senate of Nigeria

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Senate of Nigeria
Type	bicameral
President of the Senate	David Mark, PDP since June 6, 2007
Deputy President of the Senate	Ike Ekweremadu, PDP since June 6, 2007
Members	360
Political groups	PDP, AC, ANPP
Meeting place	Abuja

Nigeria

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The Senate is the upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator.

The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The current Senate President is Sen. David Mark of the People's Democratic Party.

The lower house is the House of Representatives. On 29 May the new government in Nigeria will be sworn in but until then, the sitting body still holds power.

[edit] Nigerian State Delegations

Abia Adamawa Akwa Ibom Anambra Bauchi Bayelsa Benue Borno Cross River Delta Ebonyi Edo Ekiti Enugu Gombe Imo Jigawa Kaduna Kano

Katsina Kebbi Kogi Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Ogun Ondo Osun Oyo Plateau Rivers Sokoto Taraba Yobe Zamfara Abuja FCT

[edit] Latest election (including House)

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Summary of the 29 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election results

Parties	House of Representatives			Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
People's Democratic Party		54.5	223		53.7	76
All Nigeria Peoples Party		27.4	96		27.9	27
Alliance for Democracy		8.8	34		9.7	6
United Nigeria People's Party		2.8	2		2.7	-
National Democratic Party		1.9	1		1.6	-
All Progressives Grand Alliance		1.6	2		1.5	-
People's Redemption Party		0.8	1		0.7	-
vacant			1
Total (turnout 50.0/49.2 %)			360			109
Source: IPU Parline

The Nigerian Senate emblem has been used in 419 scam emails in order to trick email recipients into sending money to a non-existent recipient.

[edit] External links

• http://www.assemblyonline.info
• http://www.nassnig.org/senate/Senate.htm
• http://www.nigeriacongress.org/fgn/fgn.asp