Full List of Presidential Candidates and their Parties 2023.
It is no more news that there are 18 registered political parties in Nigeria as approved by INEC for the 2023 general election, as against 91 Political parties in 2019. After series of drama in parties’ primaries for the aspirants, below are the winner of their party primaries. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was established by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to among other things organize elections for various political offices in the country. The functions of INEC as contained in Section 15, Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution (As Amended) and Section 2 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended).
Full List of Presidential Candidates and their Parties 2023.
S/N | Party Name | Party Acronym | Presidential Candidates |
1. | Accord | A | Professor Christopher Imumulen |
2. | Action Alliance | AA | |
3. | Action Democratic Party | ADP | |
4. | Action Peoples Party | APP | |
5. | African Action Congress | AAC | Omoyele Sowore |
6. | African Democratic Congress | ADC | Dumebi Kachikwu |
7. | All Progressives Congress | APC | Asiwaju Bola Tinubu |
8. | All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA | Professor Peter Umeadi |
9. | Allied Peoples Movement | APM | Yusuf Mamman Dan Talle |
10. | Boot Party | BP | |
11. | Labour Party | LP | Mr Peter Obi |
12. | National Rescue Movement | NRM | |
13. | New Nigeria Peoples Party | NNPP | Mr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso |
14. | Peoples Democratic Party | PDP | Alhaji Atiku Abubakar |
15. | Peoples Redemption Party | PRP | Mr Kola Abiola |
16. | Social Democratic Party | SDP | Prince Adewole Adebayo |
17. | Young Progressive Party | YPP | Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim |
18. | Zenith Labour Party | ZLP |
Full List of Presidential Candidates and their Parties 2023.
Below is the list of presidential candidates selected by political parties in Nigeria:
- Alhaji Atiku Abubakar – Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)
- Asiwaju Bola Tinubu – All Progressive Congress (APC)
- Dumebi Kachikwu – African Democratic Congress (ADC)
- Mr Peter Obi – Labour Party (LP)
- Mr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso – New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
- Mr Kola Abiola – Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
- Omoyele Sowore – Africa Action Congress (AAC)
- Prince Adewole Adebayo – Social Democratic Party (SDP)
- Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim – Young Progressive Party (YPP)
- Professor Christopher Imumulen – Accord Party (AP)
- Professor Peter Umeadi – All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
- Yusuf Mamman Dan Talle – Allied Peoples Movement (APM)