2023 Abia State elections

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2023 Abia State elections
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Registered2,120,808

The Abia State elections in 2023 were held on 25 February, 11 March, and 28 April 2023. As part of the nationwide election, the state voted for President and Vice President on 25 February. [1] Additionally, elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives were held on the same day. On 11 March, the election for Governor of Abia State took place alongside elections to the state House of Assembly. [1] Local government elections were scheduled for 28 April. [2]

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Federal elections

Presidential election

Abia State voted for the President of Nigeria alongside the Senate and House of Representatives elections on 25 February 2023.

National Assembly elections

Senate elections

All 3 Abia State seats in the Senate of Nigeria were up for election alongside the presidential and House of Representatives elections on 25 February 2023.

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian Senate election § Abia State.[ edit ]
DistrictIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Abia Central Theodore Orji PDPIncumbent retired
New member elected
LP gain
Abia North Orji Uzor Kalu APCIncumbent re-elected
Abia South Enyinnaya Abaribe APGA [note 1] Incumbent re-elected

House of Representatives elections

All 8 Abia State seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeria were up for election alongside the presidential and Senate elections on 25 February 2023.

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election § Abia State.[ edit ]
ConstituencyIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Aba North/Aba South Chimaobi Ebisike PDPIncumbent renominated
New member elected
LP gain
Arochukwu/Ohafia Uko Nkole PDPIncumbent retired
New member elected
LP gain
Bende federal constituency Benjamin Kalu APCIncumbent re-elected
Isiala Ngwa North/Isiala Ngwa South Darlington Nwokocha LP [note 2] Incumbent retired
New member elected
LP hold
Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Nkeiruka Onyejeocha APCIncumbent lost re-election
New member elected
LP gain
Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma Solomon Adaelu APGA [note 3] Incumbent withdrew from primary [note 4] [18]
Incumbent lost re-election under nomination of new party
New member elected
LP gain
Ukwa East/Ukwa West Uzoma Nkem-Abonta PDPIncumbent retired
New member elected
PDP hold
Umuahia North/Umuahia South/Ikwuano Samuel Onuigbo APC [note 5] Incumbent retired [19]
New member elected
LP gain

State elections

Gubernatorial election

2023 Abia State gubernatorial election
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Opinion polls
Registered2,120,808
 
Nominee Alex Otti Okey Ahiwe Enyinnaya Nwafor
Party LP PDP YPP
Running mate Ikechukwu Emetu Jasper Uche Chima Anyaso
 
Nominee Ikechi Emenike Gregory Ibe
Party APC APGA
Running mate Gloria Akara Obinna Ichita
Governor before election

Okezie Ikpeazu
PDP

Elected Governor

Alex Otti
LP

These paragraphs are an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections § Abia State.[ edit ]

Incumbent PDP Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was re-elected to a second term in 2019 with 60.26% of the vote. He was term-limited in 2023 and could not seek re-election for a third term.

For the APC, two parallel primaries were held with one faction holding an indirect primary at the Chidiebere Arena while the other faction held a direct primary (citing a national APC directive for a direct primary in Abia) that carried on into the next day. After both primaries were peacefully held, the Chidiebere Arena primary ended in economist Ikechi Emenike winning by a wide margin while the direct primary resulted in a victory for former minister Uche Ogah. [21] [22] INEC recognised Emenike as the legitimate nominee in July 2022 after a court ruled in his favour. [23]

In the APGA primary, Gregory Ibe (an academic administrator) defeated his three opponents with around 54% of the delegates' votes. While the party accepted his nomination, second runner-up Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma rejected the results. [24]

In the PDP primary, Uche Ikonne (an optometrist and academic administrator) emerged victorious after almost all of his opponents withdrew on the day of the primary. Reasons for withdrawal were split between those claimed that Ikpeazu's tacit support for Ikonne along with doctored delegate lists removed any fairness from the primary and those that dropped out to support Ikonne. Ikonne defeated the two remaining candidates with over 80% of the vote in an indirect primary on 25 May. [25]

House of Assembly elections

All 24 seats in the Abia State House of Assembly were up for election alongside the gubernatorial elections on 11 March 2023.

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election § Overview.[ edit ]
AffiliationPartyTotal
PDP APC APGA LP Vacant
Previous Election1921 [note 6] 02 [note 7] 24
Before Election18312024
After ElectionTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD24

Local elections

The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission announced local elections for 28 April. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ This senator was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to APGA during their term.
  2. ↑ This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the LP during their term.
  3. ↑ This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to APGA during their term.
  4. ↑ House member defected to new party after withdrawing from or losing their former party's primary.
  5. ↑ This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC during their term.
  6. ↑ The 2019 elections in the APGA-held constituencies of Arochukwu and Aba South were partially voided and supplementary elections called. Although APGA retained the seats in the supplementary elections, the elections were held in early 2020 so the party's 2019 total is 1 seat.
  7. ↑ The 2019 elections in the constituencies of Arochukwu and Aba South were partially voided and supplementary elections called. As the supplementary elections were held in early 2020, the post-2019 elections vacancy total is 2 seats.

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