2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election

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2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election
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All 26 seats in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party PDP YPP APC
Last election24 [a] 01
Seats before2420
Speaker before election

Aniekan Bassey
PDP

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election took place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. [1] [2] It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.

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Electoral system

The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

Background

In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Uruan) as Speaker. [3] In other Akwa Ibom elections, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (PDP) won in a landslide. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senates and ten House of Representatives seats as the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had lower turnout.

Key events during the legislative term included the belated swearing-in of the Assembly's sole APC member—Effiong Johnson [b] (Mbo)—in December 2019, reports on systemic misappropriation of public funds and corruption by the Assembly, and votes on various constitutional amendments in July 2022. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
PDP APC YPP Vacant
Previous Election24 [a] 101 [c] 26
Before Election2402026
After ElectionTBDTBDTBDTBD26

Summary

ConstituencyIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Abak Udeme Otong PDPIncumbent renominated
Eket David Lawrence Udofa PDPIncumbent retiring
Esit Eket/Ibeno Usoro Akpanusoh [d] YPP [e] Incumbent lost renomination
Incumbent nominated by new party
Essien Udim Esse Umoh PDPIncumbent lost renomination
Etim Ekpo/Ika Mfon Idung PDPIncumbent renominated
Etinan Aniefiok Dennis Akpan PDPStatus unknown
Ibesikpo Asutan Aniekan Uko PDPIncumbent retiring
Ibiono Ibom Godwin Ekpo PDPIncumbent renominated
Ikono Asuquo Nana Udo [d] YPP [e] Incumbent lost renomination
Incumbent nominated by new party
Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo Uduak Odudoh PDPIncumbent retiring
Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara Idongesit Ntekpere PDPIncumbent retiring
Ini Emmanuel Ekpenyong Bassey PDPStatus unknown
Itu KufreAbasi Edidem PDPIncumbent renominated
Mbo Effiong Johnson PDP [b] Incumbent nominated
Mkpat Enin Victor Patrick Ekwere PDPStatus unknown
Nsit Atai Mark Esset PDPStatus unknown
Nsit Ibom Ifiok Udoh PDPIncumbent retiring
Nsit Ubium Otobong Bob PDPIncumbent renominated
Okobo Felicia Bassey PDPIncumbent retiring
Onna Otuekong Nse Essien PDPStatus unknown
Oron/Udung Uko Effiong Okon Bassey PDPStatus unknown
Oruk Anam Udo Kerian Akpan PDPStatus unknown
Ukanafun Charity Ido PDPIncumbent lost renomination
Uruan Aniekan Bassey PDPIncumbent retiring
Urue Offong/Oruko Asuquo Edet Archibong PDPStatus unknown
Uyo Anietie Eka PDPIncumbent retiring

Notes

  1. 1 2 The 2019 election in the PDP-held constituency of Essien Udim was partially voided and a supplementary election was called. Although the PDP retained the seat in the supplementary election, the elections were held in early 2020 so the party's 2019 total is 24 seats.
  2. 1 2 This Assembly member was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP during their term.
  3. ↑ The 2019 election in the constituency of Essien Udim was partially voided and a supplementary election was called. As the supplementary election was held in early 2020, the post-2019 elections vacancy total is 1 seat.
  4. 1 2 The positions of MHA Usoro Akpanusoh (YPP-Esit Eket/Ibeno) and MHA Asuquo Nana Udo (YPP-Ikono) is unclear due to their removal from the Assembly in September 2022 after their defection to the YPP. [10] [11] However, after the removal, Akpanusoh and Udo approached the judiciary to retain their seats.
  5. 1 2 This Assembly member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the YPP during their term.

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