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The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Akwa Ibom State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. [1] Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Akwa Ibom State is a small state in the South South mainly populated by Efik-Ibibio peoples; although its oil reserves make it one of the most wealthy states in the nation, Akwa Ibom has faced challenges in security, environmental degradation, and lack of affordable housing in large part due to years of systemic corruption.
Politically, the state's 2019 elections were categorized as a reassertion of the PDP's dominance after Senator Godswill Akpabio and his allies that switched to the APC lost. Statewise, Governor Udom Emmanuel (PDP) easily won re-election with nearly 75% of the vote and 25 of 26 House of Assembly seats were won by the PDP. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senate 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.
| Polling organisation/client | Fieldwork date | Sample size |  |  |  | Others | Undecided | Undisclosed | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinubu APC | Obi LP | Kwankwaso NNPP | Abubakar PDP | |||||||
| BantuPage | December 2022 | N/A | 19% | 43% | 0% | 15% | – | 16% | 1% | 4% |
| BantuPage | January 2023 | N/A | 17% | 26% | 2% | 9% | – | 13% | 13% | 21% |
| Nextier (Akwa Ibom crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 8.6% | 60.5% | – | 25.9% | – | 4.9% | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Akwa Ibom crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 2% | 65% | – | 27% | – | 6% | – | – |
| Source | Projection | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Elects [lower-alpha 1] [2] | Lean Obi | 24 February 2023 | |
| Dataphyte [lower-alpha 2] [3] | |||
| Tinubu: | 17.07% | 11 February 2023 | |
| Obi: | 56.29% | ||
| Abubakar: | 22.75% | ||
| Others: | 3.89% | ||
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence [lower-alpha 3] [4] | Obi | 17 February 2023 | |
| SBM Intelligence [lower-alpha 4] [5] | Abubakar | 15 December 2022 | |
| ThisDay [lower-alpha 5] [6] | |||
| Tinubu: | 15% | 27 December 2022 | |
| Obi: | 30% | ||
| Kwankwaso: | – | ||
| Abubakar: | 40% | ||
| Others/Undecided: | 15% | ||
| The Nation [lower-alpha 6] [7] [8] | Abubakar | 12-19 February 2023 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Christopher Imumolen | |||
| AA | Hamza al-Mustapha | |||
| ADP | Yabagi Sani | |||
| APP | Osita Nnadi | |||
| AAC | Omoyele Sowore | |||
| ADC | Dumebi Kachikwu | |||
| APC | Bola Tinubu | |||
| APGA | Peter Umeadi | |||
| APM | Princess Chichi Ojei | |||
| BP | Sunday Adenuga | |||
| LP | Peter Obi | |||
| NRM | Felix Johnson Osakwe | |||
| New Nigeria Peoples Party | Rabiu Kwankwaso | |||
| PRP | Kola Abiola | |||
| PDP | Atiku Abubakar | |||
| SDP | Adewole Adebayo | |||
| YPP | Malik Ado-Ibrahim | |||
| ZLP | Dan Nwanyanwu | |||
| Total votes | 100.00% | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | N/A | |||
| Turnout | ||||
The results of the election by senatorial district.
| Senatorial district | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District [lower-alpha 7] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District [lower-alpha 8] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District [lower-alpha 9] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
The results of the election by federal constituency.
| Federal constituency | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 10] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 11] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 12] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 13] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ikot Abasi/Mkpat Enin/Eastern Obolo Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 14] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot Akara Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 15] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 16] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/Urue Offong/Oruko Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 17] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 18] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Uyo/Uruan/Nsit Atai/Ibesikpo Asutan Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 19] | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
The results of the election by local government area.
| Local government area | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | Turnout (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Abak | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Eastern Obolo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Eket | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Esit Eket | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Essien Udim | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Etim Ekpo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Etinan | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ibeno | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ibesikpo Asutan | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ibiono-Ibom | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ika | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ikono | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ikot-Abasi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ikot Ekpene | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ini | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Itu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Mbo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Mkpat-Enin | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Nsit-Atai | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Nsit-Ibom | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Nsit-Ubium | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Obot-Akara | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Okobo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Onna | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Oron | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Oruk Anam | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Udung-Uko | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ukanafun | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Uruan | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Urue-Offong/Oruko | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Uyo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
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