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The2023 Nigerian elections were held in large part on 25 February and 11 March 2023. Thepresident andvice president wereelected on 25 February, with incumbent PresidentMuhammadu Buhari ineligible to run, being term-limited.[1] Additionally, there were also elections on the same day for theSenate and theHouse of Representatives. On 11 March, twenty-eightgubernatorial elections were held alongside elections to statehouses of assembly in all 36 states.[1] Three additionalgubernatorial elections will be held later in the year alongside potential rerun elections for regularly scheduled elections annulled from earlier in the year.
ThePresident of Nigeria is elected using a modifiedtwo-round system with up to three rounds. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive a plurality of the votes and over 25% of the vote in at least 24 of the36 states and theFederal Capital Territory. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a majority of votes in the highest number of states. In the second round, a candidate still must receive the most votes and over 25% of the vote in at least 24 of the36 states and theFederal Capital Territory to be elected. If neither candidate passes this threshold, a third round will be held where just majority of the votes is required to be elected.
The 109 members of theSenate are elected from 109 single-seat constituencies (three in each state and one for theFederal Capital Territory) by first-past-the-post voting.[2] The 360 members of theHouse of Representatives are also elected byfirst-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[3]
Similarly to the president, Governors are elected using a modifiedtwo-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of statelocal government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.
The 991 members of the stateHouses of Assembly are elected usingfirst-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.
WithPresident Muhammadu Buhari having been elected to the office of president twice, he was ineligible for renomination. There was no formal zoning agreement for the APC nomination despite calls from politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as Buhari, a northerner, was elected twice.[4]The party held its indirect presidential primary on 8 June 2022 inAbuja and nominatedBola Tinubu formerGovernor of Lagos State.[5][6] In mid-June, the APC submitted the name of Kabir Ibrahim Masari—a politician and party operative fromKatsina State—as a placeholder vice presidential nominee to be substituted at a later date.[7] On 10 July, Ibrahim Masari formally withdrew as vice presidential nominee and the later that day, Tinubu announcedKashim Shettima—Senator for Borno Central and formerGovernor of Borno State—as his replacement.[8]
APC ticket | ||||
| Presidential nominee | Vice Presidential nominee | |||
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| Bola Tinubu | Kashim Shettima | |||
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| Governor of Lagos State (1999–2007) | Senator for Borno Central (2019–2023) | |||
On 30 May 2022, shortly after formerGovernor of Anambra StatePeter Obi joined the party from the PDP, theLabour Party held its presidential primary inAsaba where Obi was nominated unopposed.[9] On 17 June, the party submitted the name ofDoyin Okupe—a physician and former PDP candidate who became the Director-General of the Obi Campaign Organisation—as a placeholder vice presidential nominee to be substituted for someone else at a later date.[10] On 7 July, Okupe formally withdrew as vice presidential nominee and the next day, Obi announcedYusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed—former Senator for Kaduna North—as his replacement.[11][12]
LP ticket | ||||
| Presidential nominee | Vice Presidential nominee | |||
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| Peter Obi | Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed | |||
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| Governor of Anambra State (2006; 2006–2007; 2007–2014) | Senator for Kaduna North(2011–2012) | |||
TheNew Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) held its convention and presidential primary election on 8 June 2022 and nominatedRabiu Kwankwaso, who was the sole candidate, as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election.[13] On 14 July 2022, Kwankwaso picked Isaac Bishop Idahosa as his running mate and vice presidential candidate of the NNPP.[14]
NNPP ticket | ||||
| Presidential nominee | Vice Presidential nominee | |||
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| Rabiu Kwankwaso | Isaac Idahosa | |||
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| Governor of Kano State (1999–2003; 2011–2015) | Bishop of God First Ministry a.k.a. Illumination Assembly (1985–present) | |||
In October 2021, newly elected PDP ChairmanIyorchia Ayu backed the indirect primary method of nominating a presidential candidate instead of the direct or consensus methods.[15] There was no zoning agreement for the PDP nomination despite calls from politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as the APC's Buhari, a Northerner, was elected twice.[16] The party held its indirect presidential primary on 28 May 2022 inAbuja and nominatedAtiku Abubakar—its 2019 nominee and formerVice President.[17][18] On 16 June, Abubakar selectedGovernor of Delta StateIfeanyi Okowa as his running mate.[19]
PDP ticket | ||||
| Presidential nominee | Vice Presidential nominee | |||
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| Atiku Abubakar | Ifeanyi Okowa | |||
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| Vice President of Nigeria (1999–2007) | Governor of Delta State (2015–2023) | |||
All 109 seats in theSenate of Nigeria was up for election alongside the presidential and House of Representatives elections on 25 February 2023.
All 360 seats in theHouse of Representatives of Nigeria was up for election alongside the presidential and Senate elections on 25 February 2023.
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Elections will hold for the governorships of thirty-one of the 36states of Nigeria. All but three were held on 11 March 2023, while theKogi State,Imo State, andBayelsa State elections were held on 11 November.
Elections were held for theHouse of Assembly of all 36states of Nigeria on 11 March 2023.
At least two statewide local elections were held in 2023:
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