Nigeria Elections 2023: Full List of Presidential Candidates and Their Parties

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The 2023 presidential election is scheduled for the 25th of February 2023 and for the first time in eight years Nigeria will have a new president.

In 2019, there were 91 political parties in the polls but this year that number has reduced to 18 candidates and parties. 

While the majority of the Nigerian voting populace might be more familiar with three to four names and you are wondering who the other candidates are, see them below: -

Full List of Presidential Candidates, their Parties and Running Mates

S/N

Party Name 

Presidential Candidate

Running Mate

1

Accord, A

Professor Christopher Imumulen

Bello Bala Maru

2

Action Alliance, AA 

Hamza al-Mustapha

Chukwuka Emmanuel Johnson

3

African Action Congress Party, AAC

Omoyele Sowore

Haruna Magashi

4

African Democratic Congress, ADC

Kachikwu Dumebi 

Ahmed Buhari

5

Action Democratic Party, ADP 

Yabagi Yusuf Sani

Okey Okoro Udo 

6

All Progressives Congress, APC

Bola Ahmed Tinubu 

Kashim Shettima

7

All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA

Umeadi Peter Nnanna Chukwudi

Abdullahi Muhammed Koli

8

Allied Peoples Movement, APM

Princess Chichi Ojei

Ibrahim Mohammed

9

All People's Party, APP

Nnadi Charles Osita

Hamisu Isah

10

Boost Party, BP

Adenuga Sunday Oluwafemi

Mustapha Usman Turaki

11

Labour Party, LP

Peter Obi Gregory 

Baba-Ahmed Yusuf Datti

12

New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP

Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso

Odiri Idahoga Isaac

13

National Rescue Movement, NRM

Osakwe Felix Johnson

Kyabo Yahaya Muhammad

14

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

Atiku Abubakar

Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa

15

The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP

Abiola Latifu Kolawole

Zego Hard Haruna 

16

Social Democratic Party, SDP 

Adewole Adebayo

Buhari Yusuf

17

Young Progressives Party, YPP 

Ado-Ibrahim Abdulmalik

Enyinna Michael Kasarachi

18

Zenith Labour Party, ZLP

Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu

Abubakar Jibrin Ibrahim Ramalan

 

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