2023: See complete number of candidates fielded by political parties

Ahead of the 2023 General elections, below is the number of candidates fielded by the various political parties.

1 PDP — 1,520 candidates
2 APC — 1,507
3 NNPP —1,493
4 ADC — 1,421
5 SDP — 1,307
6 LP — 1,127
7 ADP — 1,049
8 AA — 864
9 NRM — 824
10 PRP — 711

There are 1,520 elective positions in 2023.

(INEC)

 

*In 2023, 15,303 Nigerians will be standing to be elected into 1,520 offices.*

President & VP
Governors & Dep Gov
Senators
House of Reps
House of Assembly

That’s approx. 9.93% success rate overall. Which means, only about 1 in every 10 candidates will be successful.

(INEC)

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