2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election

2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election
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Registered3,276,675
 
Nominee Seyi Makinde Teslim Folarin Adebayo Adelabu
Party PDP APC A
Running mate Bayo Lawal David Oluwafemi Okunlola Abiodun Ayanfemi Ayandele
Popular vote 563,756 256,685 38,357
Percentage 63.37% 28.86% 4.31%
Governor before election

Seyi Makinde
PDP

Elected Governor

Seyi Makinde
PDP

The 2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Oyo State, concurrent with elections to the Oyo 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—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.[3] Incumbent PDP Governor Seyi Makinde was re-elected, winning by a % margin of victory over first runner-up and APC nominee—Senator Teslim Folarin.[4]

The primaries, scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022, resulted in Makinde being renominated by the Peoples Democratic Party by a wide margin on 25 May while the All Progressives Congress nominated Folarin—Senator for Oyo Central—on 26 May.[5][6] The next month, Adebayo Adelabu—the runner-up in the APC primary—obtained the Accord nomination.

  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. ^ Ogundapo, Abdulqudus. "It's Official: INEC declares PDP's Makinde winner of Oyo governorship election". Premium Times. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference PDP primary results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Teslim Folarin emerges Oyo APC governorship candidate". Premium Times. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 12 June 2022.