2023 presidential election · 25 Feb 2023
How Nigeria voted for President in 2023.
The results as INEC declared them on 1 Mar 2023, for all 18 candidates, with turnout and a state-by-state breakdown.
INEC declared Tinubu Bola Ahmed (APC) elected, with 8,794,726 of 24,025,940 valid votes (36.6%).
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Registered voters
93,469,008
Accredited voters
25,286,616
Valid votes
24,025,940
Rejected votes
939,278
27.1% of registered voters were accredited to vote (INEC states turnout as 27.05%).
Votes for every candidate
- Tinubu Bola Ahmed APC8,794,726 36.6%
- Abubakar Atiku PDP6,984,520 29.1%
- Obi Peter Gregory LP6,101,533 25.4%
- Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP1,496,687 6.2%
- Kachikwu Dumebi ADC81,919 0.3%
- Adebayo Adewole Ebenezer SDP80,267 0.3%
- Nwanyanwu Daniel Daberechukwu ZLP77,665 0.3%
- Abiola Latifu Kolawole PRP72,144 0.3%
- Umeadi Peter Nnanna Chukwudi APGA61,966 0.3%
- Imumolen Irene Christopher A61,014 0.3%
- Ado-Ibrahim Abdulmalik YPP60,600 0.3%
- Sani Yabagi Yusuf ADP43,924 0.2%
- Ojei Princess Chichi APM25,961 0.1%
- Osakwe Felix Johnson NRM24,869 0.1%
- Adenuga Sunday Oluwafemi BP16,156 0.1%
- Sowore Omoyele Stephen AAC14,608 0.1%
- Almustapha Hamza AA14,542 0.1%
- Nnadi Charles Osita APP12,839 0.1%
By state
Votes for the four candidates with the most votes nationally, in each of the 36 states and the FCT. The largest figure in each row is in bold. Number of states where each led: APC 12, LP 12, PDP 12, NNPP 1.
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| State | APC | LP | PDP | NNPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abia | 8,914 | 327,095 | 22,676 | 1,239 |
| Adamawa | 182,881 | 105,648 | 417,611 | 8,006 |
| Akwa Ibom | 160,620 | 132,683 | 214,012 | 7,796 |
| Anambra | 5,111 | 584,621 | 9,036 | 1,967 |
| Bauchi | 316,694 | 27,373 | 426,607 | 72,103 |
| Bayelsa | 42,572 | 49,975 | 68,818 | 540 |
| Benue* | 310,468 | 308,372 | 130,081 | 4,740 |
| Borno | 252,282 | 7,205 | 190,921 | 4,626 |
| Cross River* | 130,520 | 179,917 | 95,425 | 1,644 |
| Delta | 90,183 | 341,866 | 161,600 | 3,122 |
| Ebonyi | 42,402 | 259,738 | 13,503 | 1,661 |
| Edo | 144,471 | 331,163 | 89,585 | 2,743 |
| Ekiti* | 201,494 | 11,397 | 89,554 | 264 |
| Enugu* | 4,772 | 428,640 | 15,749 | 1,808 |
| FCT | 90,902 | 281,717 | 74,194 | 4,517 |
| Gombe* | 146,977 | 26,160 | 319,123 | 10,520 |
| Imo* | 66,406 | 360,495 | 30,234 | 1,552 |
| Jigawa | 421,390 | 1,889 | 386,587 | 98,234 |
| Kaduna* | 399,293 | 294,494 | 554,360 | 92,969 |
| Kano* | 506,412 | 28,513 | 131,716 | 997,279 |
| Katsina | 482,283 | 6,376 | 489,045 | 69,386 |
| Kebbi | 248,088 | 10,682 | 285,175 | 5,038 |
| Kogi | 240,751 | 56,217 | 145,104 | 4,238 |
| Kwara* | 263,572 | 31,166 | 136,909 | 3,141 |
| Lagos | 572,606 | 582,454 | 75,750 | 8,442 |
| Nasarawa* | 172,922 | 191,361 | 147,093 | 12,715 |
| Niger | 375,183 | 80,452 | 284,898 | 21,836 |
| Ogun | 341,554 | 85,829 | 123,831 | 2,200 |
| Ondo* | 369,924 | 47,350 | 115,463 | 930 |
| Osun | 343,945 | 23,283 | 354,366 | 713 |
| Oyo | 449,884 | 99,110 | 182,977 | 4,095 |
| Plateau | 307,195 | 466,272 | 243,808 | 8,869 |
| Rivers | 231,591 | 175,071 | 88,468 | 1,322 |
| Sokoto* | 285,444 | 6,568 | 288,679 | 1,300 |
| Taraba | 135,165 | 146,315 | 189,017 | 12,818 |
| Yobe* | 151,459 | 2,406 | 198,567 | 18,270 |
| Zamfara* | 298,396 | 1,660 | 193,978 | 4,044 |
Results are as declared by INEC. OpenPolls does not adjust them.
Source: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)