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This is a list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The 10th National Assembly was inaugurated 13 June 2023. We have 360 seats for the House of Representatives and two of the 360 seats in the House of Representatives have yet to be finalized.The Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced that there will be a supplementary election to fill in the two seats remaining to complete the members of the Legislative House of Representative.
A presidential election was held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The election followed controversy as to whether a Muslim or Christian should be allowed to become president given the tradition of rotating the top office between the religions and following the death of Umaru Yar'Adua , who was a ...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) held its convention and presidential primary election on 8 June 2022 and nominated Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was the sole candidate, as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. [14] On 14 July 2022, Kwankwaso picked Isaac Idahosa as his running mate and vice presidential candidate of the NNPP. [15]
Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/Urue Offong/Oruko (Akwa Ibom State): Nse Ekpenyong died on 23 April 2022. [3] The by-election will be held on a to be determined date.; Egor/Ikpoba-Okha (Edo State): Jude Ise-Idehen died on 1 July 2022. [4]
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former vice president Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It consists of a Senate with 109 members [ 1 ] and a House of Representatives with 360. [ 2 ]
The elections were the most expensive ever held in Nigeria, costing ₦69 billion (US$625 million) [8] more than the 2015 elections. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari won his re-election bid, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.