2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State

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2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State
  2019 25 February 20232027 

All 3 Taraba State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party APC PDP
Last election12
Seats before21

2023 Taraba Senate pre-election situation.png
     APC incumbent retiring
     PDP incumbent running for re-election

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Taraba State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.

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Background

In the previous Senate elections, all three incumbent senators were returned with Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC-Central) winning re-election with 45% of the vote while Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP-North) won re-election with 43% and Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-South) also was returned with 43%. The senatorial results were an example of the state's competitiveness as the House of Representatives seats were closely split and Abubakar only narrowly won the state in the presidential election. On the state level, the PDP continued its dominance by and winning a majority in the state House of Assembly and holding the governorship.

Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
APC PDP
Previous Election123
Before Election213
After Election123

Summary

DistrictIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Taraba Central Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf APCIncumbent retired
New member elected
PDP gain
Taraba North Shuaibu Isa Lau PDPIncumbent re-elected
Taraba South Emmanuel Bwacha APC [note 1] Incumbent retired
New member elected
APC hold

Taraba Central

2023 Taraba Central Senatorial District election
  2019 25 February 20232027 
 
Nominee Bashir Marafa Haruna Manu
Party APC PDP

Senator before election

Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf
APC

Elected Senator

TBD

The Taraba Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Bali, Gashaka, Gassol, Kurmi, and Sardauna. Incumbent Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC), who was elected with 44.9% of the vote in 2019, declined to seek re-election instead running for governor of Taraba State; Yusuf lost both the initial and rerun APC primaries.

General election

Results

2023 Taraba Central Senatorial District election
PartyCandidateVotes%
AAC Adams Nuhu Audu
ADC Musa Umar
APC Bashir Marafa
LP Stephen Danladi Solomon
NRM Zaharaddeen Hussaini
New Nigeria Peoples Party Bobboi Kaigama
PDP Haruna Manu
SDP Gilbert Gills Nyanganji
Total votes100.00%
Invalid or blank votesN/A
Turnout

Taraba North

2023 Taraba North Senatorial District election
  2019 25 February 20232027 
 
Nominee Abubakar Danladi Sani Shuaibu Isa Lau
Party APC PDP

Senator before election

Shuaibu Isa Lau
APC

Elected Senator

TBD

The Taraba North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ardo Kola, Jalingo, Karim Lamido, Lau, Yorro, and Zing. Incumbent Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP), who was elected with 43.3% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.

General election

Results

2023 Taraba North Senatorial District election
PartyCandidateVotes%
APP Titus Elijah
ADC Muhammad Abdulrashid
APC Abubakar Danladi Sani
APM Mungo-Park Gajere
LP El-Nathan Bila Auta
NRM Idris Yola
New Nigeria Peoples Party Bako Haruna
PDP Shuaibu Isa Lau
SDP Innocent Patrick Umar
ZLP Nuhu Yakubu
Total votes100.00%
Invalid or blank votesN/A
Turnout

Taraba South

2023 Taraba South Senatorial District election
  2019 25 February 20232027 
 
Nominee David Jimkuta Darius Dickson Ishaku
Party APC PDP

Senator before election

Emmanuel Bwacha
APC

Elected Senator

TBD

The Taraba South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Donga, Ibi, Takum, Ussa, and Wukari. Incumbent Emmanuel Bwacha (APC) was elected with 42.6% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the PDP. He defected to the APC in February 2022 and opted to run for governor of Taraba State instead of seeking re-election.

General election

Results

2023 Taraba South Senatorial District election
PartyCandidateVotes%
ADC A. Bello
APC David Jimkuta
APGA Joseph Sule Rishante
APM Agbu Bala Zhema
BP Pilinga Nubuya
LP Joshua Ikitausai Rimantari
NRM Ibrahim Idris Musa
New Nigeria Peoples Party Ikra Mohamed
PDP Darius Dickson Ishaku
SDP Michael Magaji
Total votes100.00%
Invalid or blank votesN/A
Turnout

See also

Notes

  1. This senator was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC during their term.

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Emmanuel Bwacha is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba South senatorial district from 2011 to 2023. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011, and was reelected under the same party in the 2015 and 2019 general elections.

Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Taraba Central senatorial district from 2015 to 2023.

Shuaibu Isa Lau is a Nigerian politician who has served as the senator representing the Taraba North senatorial district since 2017. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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