2023 Nigerian Senate Election
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The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections will be held on 18 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using
first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast the ...
. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019. Numerous other federal elections, including the 2023 House elections, will also be held on this date while state elections will be held in the weeks afterwards. The winners of this election will serve beginning in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly. The APC have held a majority in the
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
since the
2015 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015. Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burun ...
and solidified that majority in
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.


Retirements

As of December 2021, 6 senators, including 1 APC senator and 5 PDP senators, have decided to retire, 5 of whom are seeking another office.


APC

#Adamawa North:
Ishaku Elisha Abbo Ishaku Elisha Abbo (born in Mubi North, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in Adamawa State at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly. He is currently a member of All Progressives Congr ...
is retiring to contest for governor of Adamawa State.


PDP

#Abia Central:
Theodore Orji Theodore Ahamefule Orji CON is a Nigerian politician who was governor of Abia State in southeast Nigeria from 2007 to 2015. He was formerly a career civil servant, and served as the Chief of Staff to Abia Governor Orji Uzor Kalu. Background ...
is retiring. #Abia South:
Enyinnaya Abaribe Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (born March 1, 1955) is a Nigerian politician who was elected to the Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State in the Senate of Nigeria in April 2007. He holds the title Nwadiohanma Ngwa. Enyinnaya is an outspoken s ...
is retiring to contest for governor of Abia State. # Cross River Central:
Sandy Ojang Onor Sandy Ojang Onor (born 14 February 1966) is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was elected in 2019 to represent Cross River Central Senatorial District in the 9th Assembly of the Senate. He is a member of the People's Democratic Par ...
is retiring to contest for governor of Cross River State. # Cross River South:
Gershom Bassey Gershom Henry Bassey (born 18 March 1962 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician and multi millionaire businessman. He is the senator representing Cross River South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate. He is a senator of the 8th and ...
is retiring to contest for governor of Cross River State. #Ebonyi Central:
Joseph Ogba Joseph Obinna Ogba (born 1961 in Ebonyi State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. He is a member of the 8th National Assembly in Nigeria and also senator-e ...
is retiring to contest for governor of Ebonyi State.


Results summary


Timeline

*23-24 February 2019 – The
All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ...
wins the 2019 Nigerian Senate election, the Peoples Democratic Party stayed as the main minority party, and the
Young Progressives Party The Young Progressives Party (YPP) is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria. The party was created to challenge the two major contemporary parties in Nigeria, the People's Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. In its m ...
entered the Senate as a smaller minority party. *11 June 2019 – Most senators officially sworn into office.
Ahmad Lawan Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and professor who has served as President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2019. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressi ...
(APC-Yobe North) and
Ovie Omo-Agege Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege (born 3 August 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is currently the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate. He is senator representing the Delta State Central Senatorial District at the Nigerian senate. He wa ...
(APC- Delta Central) elected as
Senate President President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for ex ...
and Deputy Senate President, respectively. *2 July 2019 – Other principal officers were announced with Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (APC-Kebbi North) and Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia North) becoming Majority Leader and Majority Whip, respectively. In the minority,
Enyinnaya Abaribe Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (born March 1, 1955) is a Nigerian politician who was elected to the Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State in the Senate of Nigeria in April 2007. He holds the title Nwadiohanma Ngwa. Enyinnaya is an outspoken s ...
(PDP-Abia South) became Senate Minority Leader while
Philips Tanimu Aduda Philips Tanimu Aduda is a Nigerian politician. He served two terms in the Nigerian House of Representatives between 2003 and 2011, and was elected to the Senate for the Abuja Federal Capital Territory in the 9 April 2011 elections, running on the ...
(PDP-
Federal Capital Territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
) was named Minority Whip. *June 2019 to January 2020 – In the months after the election, litigation and supplemental elections led to the inauguration of several new senators, with some replacing previously sworn-in senators while others filled open seats. *15 July 2021 –
Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba(born January 1, 1960) is Nigerian politician and accountant, He is the Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District of Sokoto State at the 9th National Assembly. Early life and education Danbaba was born in S ...
(PDP-Sokoto South) becomes Deputy Senate Minority Whip after Zamfara North Senator Sahabi Yaú resigned from the position in preparation for defecting to the APC.


Changes


Abia State


Adamawa State


Akwa Ibom State


Anambra State


Bauchi State


Bayelsa State


Benue State


Borno State


Cross River State


Delta State


Ebonyi State


Edo State


Ekiti State


Enugu State


Federal Capital Territory


Gombe State


Imo State


Jigawa State


Kaduna State


Kano State


Katsina State


Kebbi State


Kogi State


Kwara State


Lagos State


Nasarawa State


Niger State


Ogun State


Ondo State


Osun State


Oyo State


Plateau State


Rivers State


Sokoto State


Taraba State


Yobe State


Zamfara State


Notes


References

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