2023 Nigerian Senate election

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2023 Nigerian Senate election

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All 109 seats in the Senate of Nigeria 55 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   PDP Leader Ahmad Lawan Philips Tanimu Aduda Party APC PDP LP Leader's seat Yobe North Federal Capital Territory (lost seat) Last election 63 44 0 Seats before 59 40 1 Seats after 59 37 7 Seat change 0 -3 +6
Legend      APC incumbent retiring or lost renomination      APC incumbent running      APGA incumbent running      LP incumbent running      NNPP incumbent retiring or lost renomination      NNPP incumbent running      PDP incumbent retiring, lost renomination, or status yet to be determined      PDP incumbent running      SDP incumbent running      YPP incumbent retiring      YPP incumbent running      Vacant
Senate President before election Ahmad Lawan APC Elected Senate President Godswill Akpabio APC

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections were held on 25 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting.^[1][2] The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019.

Other federal elections, including the elections to the House of Representatives and the presidential election, were also held on the same date while state elections was held two weeks afterwards on 11 March. The winners of these Senate elections will serve beginning in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly. The APC have held a majority in the Senate since the 2015 elections and solidified that majority in 2019.

As of May 2023, the APC had retained its 59 seats, while the PDP had lost 3 for a total of 37. The Labour Party won seats in its own name for the first time, taking 7 mandates, while smaller parties, such as the NNPP and Social Democratic Party, took a total of 5. One seat has not yet been called.

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