2023 Nigerian general election

General elections will be held in Nigeria on 18 February 2023 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives, and Senate.[1] The winners of the election will be inaugurated on 29 May 2023, the former date of Democracy Day.

2023 Nigerian general election
18 February 2023
Presidential election
 
Party APC PDP
President before election

Muhammadu Buhari
APC

 Elected President

TBD

Assembly election
PartyLeader Current seats
Senate
APC Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan 69
PDP Enyinnaya Abaribe 39
YPP Ifeanyi Ubah 1
House of Representatives
APC Femi Gbajabiamila 235
PDP Ndudi Elumelu 116
APGA Victor Ikechukwu Oye 3
ADC Leke Abejide 1
PRP Umar Abdulkadir Sarki 1

Electoral system

The President of Nigeria is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive a majority of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least 24 of the 36 states. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held.[2]

The 109 members of the Senate are elected from 109 single-seat constituencies (three in each state and one for the Federal Capital Territory) by first-past-the-post voting.[3] The 360 members of the House of Representatives are also elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[4]

Presidential candidates

All Progressives Congress

With President Muhammadu Buhari having been elected to the office of president twice, he is ineligible for reelection. In July 2021, national APC Caretaker Chairman and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni backed the consensus method of nominating a presidential candidate instead of the more common direct or indirect primary methods.[5] There is no announced formal zoning agreement for the APC nomination, however, there have been calls from certain politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as Buhari, a Northerner, was elected twice.[6]

APC potential candidates

Yemi OsinbajoBola TinubuRotimi AmaechiNasir el-RufaiYahaya Bello
APC
Vice President of Nigeria
(2015–present)		Governor of Lagos State
(1999–2007)		Minister of Transportation
(2015-present)		Governor of Kaduna State
(2015–present)		Governor of Kogi State
(2016–present)
[7][8][9][7][8][10][11][12][8][12][13][12][14][15]

People's Democratic Party

There is no announced formal zoning agreement for the PDP nomination, however, there have been calls from certain politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as the APC's Buhari, a Northerner, was elected twice.[16][17]

PDP potential candidates

Atiku AbubakarPeter ObiBukola SarakiAminu TambuwalSeyi Makinde
PDP
Vice President of Nigeria
(1999–2007)		Governor of Anambra State
(2007–2014)		President of the Senate
(2015–2019)		Governor of Sokoto State
(2015-present)		Governor of Oyo State
(2019-present)
[8][14][18][19][16] [20][21][22] [14][20][23] [14][16][24][25][26] [19]

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