2023 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
The 2023 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election will take place in early 2023, to elect the Governor of Nasarawa State. Incumbent APC Governor Abdullahi Sule is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so. The primaries will be scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.
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Electoral system
The Governor of Nasarawa State is elected using a modified two-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 state local 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.
Primary elections
The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place in late 2022 or early 2023.
Potential
- Labaran Maku, 2015 and 2019 APGA gubernatorial nominee
Potential
- Abdullahi Sule, incumbent Governor[1]
Potential
- Yusuf Agabi, 2015 PDP gubernatorial nominee
- Solomon Ewuga, former Nasarawa North Senator and 2019 PDP gubernatorial candidate
- David Ombugadu, 2019 PDP gubernatorial nominee and former Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba Representative
References
- "2023: Nasarawa Has No Alternative For Abdullahi Sule- Speaker". Independent Nigeria. Retrieved 1 August 2021.