2023 Nigerian general election

2023 Nigerian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	26.71% (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.
House of Representatives election
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.

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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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