Lagos. .- The first results of Saturday's legislative elections in Nigeria show a strong rise of the opposition parties in both houses, local media reported today. According to Nigerian newspapers, the main opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), will lead the counts in the southwestern states, while in the north of Africa's most populous country is the Congress for Change which the leading political.
Also, the rotating show that many of the heavyweights of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in their own polling stations where they had voted, including the area located in the Presidential Palace. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, said yesterday at the close of polls that the results would be known within 48 hours.
Observation missions endorsed the electoral process smoothly despite several isolated violent incidents, like the explosion of a device that caused seven serious injuries in the northern town of Maiduguri. The twice postponed parliamentary elections took place yesterday in 86 percent of constituencies, a week after its adjournment in mid-process by the lack of basic electoral material.
The legislative elections were the first of the series of three elections that Nigeria held during the month of April, with the presidential vote next Saturday the 16th and the 26th state, where also carried out legislative districts yesterday still no had received the necessary material. 
Also, the rotating show that many of the heavyweights of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in their own polling stations where they had voted, including the area located in the Presidential Palace. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, said yesterday at the close of polls that the results would be known within 48 hours.
Observation missions endorsed the electoral process smoothly despite several isolated violent incidents, like the explosion of a device that caused seven serious injuries in the northern town of Maiduguri. The twice postponed parliamentary elections took place yesterday in 86 percent of constituencies, a week after its adjournment in mid-process by the lack of basic electoral material.
The legislative elections were the first of the series of three elections that Nigeria held during the month of April, with the presidential vote next Saturday the 16th and the 26th state, where also carried out legislative districts yesterday still no had received the necessary material.
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