2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election

2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election
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Opinion polls
Registered7,060,195
 
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PDP
Nominee Babajide Sanwo-Olu Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran
Party APC LP PDP
Running mate Femi Hamzat Abiodun Oyefusi Funke Akindele
Popular vote 762,134 312,329 62,449
Percentage 65.95% 27.03% 5.40%
Governor before election

Babajide Sanwo-Olu
APC

Elected Governor

Babajide Sanwo-Olu
APC

The 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Lagos State, concurrent with elections to the Lagos State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1][2] The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.[3] Incumbent APC Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was eligible to run for re-election and was renominated by his party.

The primaries, scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022, resulted in Sanwo-Olu being renominated by the All Progressives Congress unopposed on 26 May while the Peoples Democratic Party nominated Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran on 25 May.[4][5] On 4 August, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour—who withdrew from the PDP primary in May—won the primary of the Labour Party.[6]

  1. ^ Oyekanmi, Rotimi (26 February 2022). "It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25". INEC News. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ Suleiman, Qosim. "It's Official: INEC postpones Saturday's governorship, state assembly elections". Premium Times. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ Adelagun, Oluwakemi. "UPDATED: Sanwo-Olu wins Lagos APC guber ticket". Premium Times. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference PDP primary results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference LP primary results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).