Goodluck Jonathan is set for election as Nigeria's president with almost double the vote of his main rival, partial results suggest.

尼日利亚部分选举结果显示，统古德勒科·乔纳森将以其主要竞争者几乎双倍的选票赢得胜利。

New transparency has been introduced to the electoral process
Figures provided by regional officials suggest he has garnered¹（获得，储存） enough votes to avoid a run-off.

A BBC correspondent says there is a sense of relief and jubilation²（喜欢，庆祝） that the vote and count have been relatively³ calm, unlike in past years.

However, some results in individual states have been suspiciously high.

Mr Jonathan had staked his reputation on the election, repeatedly promising⁴ it would be free and fair.

Unless the national electoral commission declares a large chunk⁵ of the votes to be invalid⁶, he is now on track to become Nigeria's first elected president from the oil-producing Niger Delta⁷ region.

The Christian⁸ politician was appointed to the presidency⁹ last year, upon the death of incumbent¹⁰ Umaru Yar'Adua, whom he had served as vice-president.

'99.63%'

To win at the first round, a candidate needs at least 25% of the vote in two-thirds of Nigeria's 36 states.

According to regional results, Mr Jonathan has passed that threshold in at least 24 states. He polled 20.3m votes to the 10.4m cast for his nearest rival, General Muhammadu Buhari.

In Akwa Ibom state, he was credited with winning 95% percent and in Anambra it was 99%. In his home state, Bayelsa, he took 99.63%.

"Figures of 95% and above for one party suggest that these are fabricated figures and, personally, they worry me because they pose serious questions on the credibility of the election," Jibrin Ibrahim of the Centre for Democracy and Development told AFP news agency.

Former government minister Nasir el-Rufai, a supporter of Gen Buhari, told Reuters: "In most of the south-east and south-south, no real elections took place.

"In the south-west and the north, the results have no relation to what happened at the polling units and we will prove it in due course."

A spokesman for the general, Yinka Odumakin, also said irregularities had taken place but any challenge would come after the vote count.

Mr Jonathan's campaign team have said they will not publicly comment until the election commission has formally declared all the results in the capital Abuja, an announcement expected later on Monday.

"This is no time for triumphalism," Oronto Douglas, a senior adviser¹¹ to Mr Jonathan, told Reuters news agency.

"It is a time for deep reflection, for strengthening the bond of our union and for all of us to work together."