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Peoples Democratic Party

National chairman
Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed
National secretary
Senator Samuel Anyanwu
Secretariat
Wadata Plaza, Plot 1970 Michael Okpara Street, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja.
As listed on INEC's register, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

2027 elections

Presidential ticket: Onor Sandy Ojang, with running mate Umaru Babangida. Election 16 Jan 2027.

Senate races
101 of 109
House races
316 of 360
States
37 of 37
Women candidates
30 (7.2%)

Manifestos

Cost of seeking a 2027 ticket

Wike-backed faction

  • President₦51m
  • Governor₦31m (one form)
  • Senate₦7m (one form)
  • House of Reps₦4m (one form)
  • State Assembly₦3m (one form)

Makinde-backed faction

  • President₦100m (one form)
  • Governor₦40m (one form)
  • Senate₦10m (one form)
  • House of Reps₦7m (one form)
  • State Assembly₦2m (one form)

Documented spending

  • 2023 2023 general elections₦7.93bn

    Media reported. Reported by a news outlet. Not confirmed by an official record.Declared election spending · Election-period spending in the party's audited report to INEC (as reported)

  • 2023 2023 general elections (all races)₦10.74m

    Observer data. Reported by an election observer or monitoring group.Online ads (platform data) · Facebook and Instagram ads by the party's official pages, Jan to mid-Mar 2023

  • 2019 2019 presidential election₦3.282bn

    Media reported. Reported by a news outlet. Not confirmed by an official record.INEC monitoring · Presidential campaign: billboards, radio and TV, newspaper adverts and rallies, as tracked by INEC

  • 2015 Financial year 2015 (general election year)₦9.53bn

    Media reported. Reported by a news outlet. Not confirmed by an official record.Party annual accounts · Whole-year party expenditure in the party's audited 2015 accounts

  • 2015 2015 presidential₦8.75bn

    Observer data. Reported by an election observer or monitoring group.Observed by monitors · Presidential campaign (party + candidate + observed third-party support), notice of poll to March 2015 election; observable items only

  • 2015 2015 presidential₦3.549bn

    Media reported. Reported by a news outlet. Not confirmed by an official record.Estimated · Presidential campaign, cumulative to c. 23 March 2015

  • 2015 2015 presidential₦2.5bn

    Media reported. Reported by a news outlet. Not confirmed by an official record.Observed by monitors · Advertising only (radio, TV, press and billboards), Dec 2014 to Mar 2015

  • 2012 2012 Edo governorship₦159.9m

    Observer data. Reported by an election observer or monitoring group.Observed by monitors · Governorship campaign of Charles Airhiavbere (PDP); observable items from notice of poll to election day

  • 2011 Financial year 2011 (general election year)₦4.352bn

    Official. Published by a government body, such as INEC, in an official document or record.Party annual accounts · Whole-year party expenditure the party claimed in its 2011 accounts

Figures of different kinds measure different things and are never added together. Records under other party names (for example parties that later merged) are not combined with this party's.