2023 Nigerian general election

2023 Nigerian general election

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
Turnout26.71% (Decrease 8.04pp)
 
Nominee Bola Tinubu Atiku Abubakar
Party APC PDP
Home state Lagos Adamawa
Running mate Kashim Shettima Ifeanyi Okowa
States carried 12 12
Popular vote 8,794,726 6,984,520
Percentage 36.61% 29.07%

 
Nominee Peter Obi Rabiu Kwankwaso
Party LP NNPP
Home state Anambra Kano
Running mate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Isaac Idahosa
States carried 11 + FCT 1
Popular vote 6,101,533 1,496,687
Percentage 25.40% 6.23%

President before election

Muhammadu Buhari
APC

Elected President

Bola Tinubu
APC

Senate election

All 109 seats in the Senate
Party Leader Seats +/–
APC Godswill Akpabio 59 −5
PDP Vacant 37 −7
LP Julius Abure[a] 7 +7
NNPP Rufai Ahmed Alkali[a] 2 New
SDP Vacant 2 +2
APGA Victor Ikechukwu Oye[a] 1 +1
YPP Bishop Amakiri[a] 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

All 360 seats in the House of Representatives
Party Leader Seats +/–
APC Tajudeen Abbas 176 −26
PDP Ndudi Elumelu 119 −7
LP Julius Abure[a] 35 +34
NNPP Rufai Ahmed Alkali[a] 19 New
APGA Victor Ikechukwu Oye[a] 5 −4
ADC Leke Abejide[b] 2 −1
SDP Vacant 2 +1
YPP Bishop Amakiri[a] 2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Nigeria on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and vice president and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third term.[1] This election was seen as the tightest race since the end of military rule in 1999.[2]


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  1. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Nigeria election 2023: Early results arriving". BBC News. 26 February 2023.