List of 18 Political parties in Nigeria
There are 18 registered political parties in Nigeria as approved by INEC for the 2023 general election, as against 91 Political parties in 2019. 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).
List of 18 Political parties in Nigeria: 2023 Election.
| S/N | Party Name | Party Acronym |
| 1. | Accord | A |
| 2. | Action Alliance | AA |
| 3. | Action Democratic Party | ADP |
| 4. | Action Peoples Party | APP |
| 5. | African Action Congress | AAC |
| 6. | African Democratic Congress | ADC |
| 7. | All Progressives Congress | APC |
| 8. | All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA |
| 9. | Allied Peoples Movement | APM |
| 10. | Boot Party | BP |
| 11. | Labour Party | LP |
| 12. | National Rescue Movement | NRM |
| 13. | New Nigeria Peoples Party | NNPP |
| 14. | Peoples Democratic Party | PDP |
| 15. | Peoples Redemption Party | PRP |
| 16. | Social Democratic Party | SDP |
| 17. | Young Progressive Party | YPP |
| 18. | Zenith Labour Party | ZLP |
The 18 registered political parties in Nigeria as approved by INEC are Accord A, Action Alliance AA, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Action Peoples Party (APP) African Action Congress(AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Boot Party (BP), Labour Party (LP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP)and Zenith Labour Party(ZLP)
List of 18 Political parties in Nigeria
It is important to know that previously in our 2019 election, we have 91 political parties which are listed below:
list of the 91 political parties in the 2019 election
- Accord (A)
- Action Alliance(AA)
- African Action Congress(AAC)
- Advanced Allied Party (AAP)
- All Blending Party (ABP)
- Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
- Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
- Alliance For Democracy (AD)
- African democratic Congress (ADC)
- Action Democratic Party (ADP)
- All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
- All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
- Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP)
- Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
- Alliance National Party (ANP)
- Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
- African Peoples Alliance (APA)
- All Progressives Congress (APC)
- Advanced People Democratic Alliance (APDA)
- All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
- Allied Peoples Movement (APM)
- Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN)
- Action Peoples Party (APP)
- Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD)
- Alliance for united Nigeria (AUN)
- Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
list of the 91 political parties in the 2019 election
- Coalition for Change (C4C)
- Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
- Change Nigeria Party (CNP)
- Congress of Patriots (COP)
- Democratic Alternative (DA)
- Democratic People Congress (DPC)
- Democratic People Party (DPP)
- Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)
- Fresh Democratic Party (FRESH)
- Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN)
- Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
- Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
- Independent Democrats (ID)
- Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
- Kowa Party (KP)
- Liberation Movement (LM)
- Labour Party (LP)
- Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN)
- Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
- Modern Democratic Party (MDP)
- Masses movement of Nigeria MMN
- Mega Party of Nigeria MPN
- Movement for The Restoration and Defense of Democracy (MRDD)
- National Action Council (NAC)
- Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP)
- National conscience party (NCP)
- NigerIa Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
- Nigeria Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
- Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
- Nigeria for Democracy (NFD)
- New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP)
- National Interest Party (NIP)
- New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
- Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC)
- New Progressive Movement (NPM)
- National Rescue Movement (NRM)
- National Unity Party (NUP)
- Peoples Coalition Party (PCP)
- People for Democratic Change (PDC)
- People for Democratic Movement (PDM)
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- Progressive People Alliance (PPA)
- Providence People Congress (PPC)
- People Party of Nigeria (PPN)
- People Progressive Party (PPP)
- People Redemption Party (PRP)
- Peoples Trust (PT)
- Reform and Advancement Party (RAP)
- Re-build Nigeria party (RBNP)
- Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
- Save Nigeria Congress (SNC)
- Social Democratic Party (SDP)
- Sustainable National Party (SNP)
- Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
- United People Congress (UPC)
- United Democratic Party (UDP)
- United Patriots (UP)
- Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
- United Progressive Party (UPP)
- We The People Nigeria (WTPN)
- Young Democratic Party (YDP)
- Yes Electorates Solidarity (YES)
- Youth Party (YP)
- Young Progressive Party (YPP)
- Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
List of 18 Political parties in Nigeria