2023 Nigerian presidential election in Anambra State

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Anambra State

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Registered	2,536,156
Turnout	24.79%
Nominee Peter Obi Party LP Home state Anambra Running mate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed Popular vote 584,621 Percentage 95.24%
President before election Muhammadu Buhari APC Elected President Bola Tinubu APC

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Anambra State was 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.

Background

Anambra State is a small, Igbo-majority southeastern state; although it is one of the most developed states in the nation, Anambra has faced challenges in security as both the nationwide kidnapping epidemic and separatist violence have heavily affected the region. Originally launched ostensibly to defend ethnic Igbos from herdsmen and government attacks, the separatist organization Indigenous People of Biafra's Eastern Security Network began violently enforcing economically destructive weekly lockdowns in 2021 and swiftly were criticized for committing human rights abuses against civilians it was meant to protect. ^{[2] [3]} These atrocities coupled with law enforcement brutality and herder–farmer clashes worsened the security situation prior to the election. ^[4]

Politically, the 2019 elections were categorized by competitive contests between the state PDP and APGA. Statewise, the majority of House of Assembly seats were won by APGA. The parties split the eleven House of Representatives seats with the PDP winning 6 seats and APGA winning 5 seats while two senate seats went to the PDP and one seat was gained by the YPP. For the presidency, Anambra was easily won by PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar by an 81% margin of victory.^{[ citation needed ]}

Polling

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	0%	76%	0%	0%	–	6%	2%	15%
Nextier (Anambra crosstabs of national poll)	27 January 2023	N/A	–	96.6%	–	2.2%	–	1.1%	–	–
SBM Intelligence for EiE (Anambra crosstabs of national poll)	22 January-6 February 2023	N/A	2%	85%	–	1%	–	11%	–	–

Projections

Source	Projection		As of
Africa Elects [lower-alpha 1] [5]	Safe Obi		24 February 2023
Dataphyte [lower-alpha 2] [6]
	Tinubu:	20.06%	11 February 2023
	Obi:	67.10%
	Abubakar:	6.53%
	Others:	6.32%
Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence [lower-alpha 3] [7]	Obi		17 February 2023
SBM Intelligence [lower-alpha 4] [8]	Obi		15 December 2022
ThisDay [lower-alpha 5] [9]
	Tinubu:	5%	27 December 2022
	Obi:	70%
	Kwankwaso:	–
	Abubakar:	10%
	Others/Undecided:	15%
The Nation [lower-alpha 6] [10] [11]	Obi		12-19 February 2023

General election

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Peter Obi	Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed	LP	584,621	95.24
	Atiku Abubakar	Ifeanyi Okowa	PDP	9,036	1.47
	Peter Umeadi	Abdullahi Muhammed Koli	APGA	7,388	1.20
	Bola Tinubu	Kashim Shettima	APC	5,111	0.83
	Malik Ado-Ibrahim	Kasarachi Enyinna	YPP	1,997	0.33
	Rabiu Kwankwaso	Isaac Idahosa	NNPP	1,967	0.32
	Dan Nwanyanwu	Ramalan Abubakar	ZLP	1,420	0.23
	Sunday Adenuga	Mustapha Usman Turaki	BP	514	0.08
	Christopher Imumolen	Bello Bala Maru	A	343	0.06
	Princess Chichi Ojei	Ibrahim Mohammed	APM	325	0.05
	Yabagi Sani	Udo Okey-Okoro	ADP	299	0.05
	Dumebi Kachikwu	Ahmed Buhari	ADC	208	0.03
	Osita Nnadi	Isa Hamisu	APP	148	0.02
	Felix Johnson Osakwe	Yahaya Muhammad Kyabo	NRM	118	0.02
	Omoyele Sowore	Haruna Garba Magashi	AAC	112	0.02
	Hamza al-Mustapha	Chukwuka Johnson	AA	108	0.02
	Adewole Adebayo	Yusuf Buhari	SDP	84	0.01
	Kola Abiola	Haro Haruna Zego	PRP	62	0.01
Total				613,861	100.00
Valid votes				613,861	98.28
Invalid/blank votes				10,751	1.72
Total votes				628,590	–
Registered voters/turnout				2,536,156	24.79
Source: [12] [13] [14]

By senatorial district

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	%
Anambra Central Senatorial District [lower-alpha 7]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Anambra North Senatorial District [lower-alpha 8]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Anambra South Senatorial District [lower-alpha 9]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By federal constituency

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	%
Aguata Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 10]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Anambra East/Anambra West Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 11]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Awka North/Awka South Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 12]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Idemili North/Idemili South Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 13]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Ihiala Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 14]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 15]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 16]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Ogbaru Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 17]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Onitsha North/Onitsha South Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 18]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Orumba North/Orumba South Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 19]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Oyi/Ayamelum Federal Constituency [lower-alpha 20]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By local government area

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	%
Aguata	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Anambra East	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Anambra West	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Anaocha	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Awka North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Awka South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Ayamelum	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Dunukofia	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Ekwusigo	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Idemili North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Idemili South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Ihiala	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Njikoka	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Nnewi North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Nnewi South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Ogbaru	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Onitsha North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Onitsha South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Orumba North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Orumba South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Oyi	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%

See also

• 2023 Nigerian elections
• 2023 Nigerian presidential election

Notes

1. AfricaElects projections predict the likelihood of a candidate winning a state by categorizing a state as "Safe" for exceedingly likely, "Likely" for somewhat likely, and "Lean" for least likely. If no clear determination could be made, states are categorized as "tossups".
2. Dataphyte projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
3. EiE-SBM projections predict which candidates will win states.
4. SBM projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Too close to call" (TCC).
5. ThisDay projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
6. SBM projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Battlegrounds."
7. Comprising the local government areas of Anaocha, Awka North, Awka South, Dunukofia, Idemili North, Idemili South, and Njikoka.
8. Comprising the local government areas of Ayamelum, Anambra East, Anambra West, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi.
9. Comprising the local government areas of Aguata, Ekwusigo, Ihiala, Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Orumba North, and Orumba South.
10. Comprising the local government area of Aguata.
11. Comprising the local government areas of Anambra East and Anambra West.
12. Comprising the local government areas of Awka North and Awka South.
13. Comprising the local government areas of Idemili North and Idemili South.
14. Comprising the local government area of Ihiala.
15. Comprising the local government areas of Anaocha, Dunukofia, and Njikoka.
16. Comprising the local government areas of Ekwusigo, Nnewi North, and Nnewi South.
17. Comprising the local government area of Ogbaru.
18. Comprising the local government areas of Onitsha North and Onitsha South.
19. Comprising the local government areas of Orumba North and Orumba South.
20. Comprising the local government areas of Ayamelum and Oyi.

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