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This is a list of political parties in Nigeria.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are the Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Current parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology Senate House of
Representatives 		Governors State Assemblies
All Progressives Congress APC 2013 Abdullahi Adamu Centre 59 / 109 190 / 360 22 / 36 570 / 991
Peoples Democratic Party PDP 1998 Iyorchia Ayu Centre-right 38 / 109 119 / 360 13 / 36 325 / 991
Labour Party LP 2002 Julius Abure Centre-left Social democracy 8 / 109 34 / 360 1 / 36 26 / 991
All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA 2003 Victor Oye 1 / 109 4 / 360 1 / 36 19 / 991
New Nigeria People's Party NNPP 2020 Rufai Ahmed Alkali Syncretic Third Position 2 / 109 18 / 360 1 / 36 26 / 991
Young Progressives Party YPP 2017 Bishop Amakiri Centre-left Social democracy 0 / 109 2 / 360 0 / 36 2 / 991
Social Democratic Party SDP 1989 Vacant Centre-left Social democracy 2 / 109 2 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
African Democratic Congress ADC 2005 Ralph Okey Nwosu 1 / 109 2 / 360 0 / 36 1 / 991

Other parties represented in state assemblies

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology Senate House of
Representatives 		Governors State Assemblies
Zenith Labour Party ZLP Unknown Dan Nwanyanwu Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 2 / 991
Action Democratic Party ADP 2017 Yabagi Sani Centre Third Way 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 1 / 991

Extraparliamentary parties

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology Senate House of
Representatives 		Governors State Assemblies
Accord A 2010

(Inferred date)

Mohammad Lawal Nalado Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
Action Alliance AA 2005 Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
African Action Congress AAC 2018 Leonard Nzenwa
(Acting) 		Left-wing 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
Allied Peoples Movement APM 2018 Yusuf Mamman Dantalle Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
Action Peoples Party APP Unknown Uchenna Nnadi Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
Boot Party BP 2019 Sonny Adenuga Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
National Rescue Movement NRM 2017 Isaac Chigozie Udeh Big tent 0 / 109 0 / 360 0 / 36 0 / 991
  1. Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)

Unregistered parties

These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of continued registration based on their poor performances during the elections. However, many of these parties are still organizationally active as the deregistration of 23 of the parties is being challenged in court as of 2022 while the complete deregistration Supreme Court case was only settled in May 2021. There are also prospective parties, like the revival of the Movement of the People, where there is yet to be a decision on their registration.

Historical parties

First Republic

Second Republic

Third Republic

Abacha era

Fourth Republic

See also

References

  1. Official Twitter account
  2. "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  7. Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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