Adebiyi, Oluwashina MorufAbubakar, Abdulrahman2024-04-232024-04-232020978-978-984-494-4https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12680Since the country's return to democratic rule, elections have been conducted on a regular basis. The standard of some of these elections have been a source of worry topolitical stakeholders. While some of the elections were seriously flawed by all sorts of electoral malpractices and frauds, others were described as credible. However, the decreasing number of citizens' involvement in the voting process in the Fourth Republic has generated more worries as regards the destiny ofthe nation's democratizing process. Voterturnout during (Presidential) elections in the Fourth Republic has been on the decrease particularly after the 1999 Presidential elections. Since 2003 voter turnout has been constantly decreasing the worst decrease being that of the 2015 elections. It was discovered among others that the major causal factors of low voters turnout was: voter apathy which was largely brought about by violence and inadequate security during election periods; electoral malpractices and frauds; long registration and voting process; and non fulfilment of electoral promises. The constant decline in turnout since 2003 is a clear indication of the fact that the nation's electoral process needs atotal overhaul. Though mindful of the fact that elections are conducted on a regular basis since 1999, the number of people involved in the actual voting process should be of significance to political stakeholders in order to ensure awell developed democratic system. Toencourage turnout in future elections there is the need to embark on extensive rigorous voter mobilization.enBook chapter