2023 Nigerian Senate election

2023 Nigerian Senate election

← 2019 25 February 2023[note 1] 2027 →

All 109 seats in the Senate of Nigeria
55 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
PDP
Leader Ahmad Lawan Philips Tanimu Aduda
Party APC PDP LP
Leader's seat Yobe North Federal Capital Territory
(lost seat)
Last election 63 44 0
Seats before 59 40 1
Seats after 59 37 7
Seat change 0 -3 +6

Legend
  •      APC incumbent retiring or lost renomination
  •      APC incumbent running
  •      APGA incumbent running
  •      LP incumbent running
  •      NNPP incumbent retiring or lost renomination
  •      NNPP incumbent running
  •      PDP incumbent retiring, lost renomination, or status yet to be determined
  •      PDP incumbent running
  •      SDP incumbent running
  •      YPP incumbent retiring
  •      YPP incumbent running
  •      Vacant

Senate President before election

Ahmad Lawan
APC

Elected Senate President

Godswill Akpabio
APC

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections were held on 25 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting.[1][2] The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019.

Other federal elections, including the elections to the House of Representatives and the presidential election, were also held on the same date while state elections was held two weeks afterwards on 11 March. The winners of these Senate elections will serve beginning in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly. The APC have held a majority in the Senate since the 2015 elections and solidified that majority in 2019.

As of May 2023, the APC had retained its 59 seats, while the PDP had lost 3 for a total of 37. The Labour Party won seats in its own name for the first time, taking 7 mandates, while smaller parties, such as the NNPP and Social Democratic Party, took a total of 5. One seat has not yet been called.


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  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.