Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 59(1), pp. 1-24.
ISSN/ISBN: Not available at this time. DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2020.1834743
Abstract: This study examined the application of Benford's Law to analyse the 2015 and 2019 presidential election data in Nigeria. Data obtained from the electoral body were analysed using frequency distribution and Spearman Rank Correlation tests at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the second digits distributions of the vote counts for the two major political parties, registered voters and total vote counts in both elections do not conform to the distributional pattern predicted by Benford's Law. The study recommends that stakeholders should aim for an electoral reform that allows the use of forensic analysis of electoral data in Nigeria.
Bibtex:
@article{,
author = { Sunday Tunmibi and Wole Olatokun},
title = {Application of digits based test to analyse presidential election data in Nigeria},
journal = {Commonwealth \& Comparative Politics},
volume = {59},
number = {1},
pages = {1-24},
year = {2020},
publisher = {Routledge},
doi = {10.1080/14662043.2020.1834743},
}
Reference Type: Journal Article
Subject Area(s): Voting Fraud