The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Adamawa State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide

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to elect the

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and

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of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the

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and the

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, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.

Background

Adamawa State Adamawa is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno State, Borno to the northwest, Gombe State, Gombe to the west, and Taraba State, Taraba to the southwest while its eas ...

is a large, diverse northeastern state in the process of recovering from the worst of the

Boko Haram insurgency The Boko Haram insurgency also known as the Boke Haram Crisis began in July 2009, when the militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict is taking place wit ...

. The state also has to contend with an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector and low education rates along with continued security challenges from

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (), is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group spli ...

and ISWAP to sustained conflict between herders and farmers. Politically, the 2019 Adamawa elections were a swing back to the PDP as its presidential nominee

Atiku Abubakar Atiku Abubakar (; born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran for the office of governor of Adamawa State i ...

won the state back from

Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerians, Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to ...

and

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (born 27 October 1967) is a Nigerian politician and currently elected governor of Adamawa State. Fintiri has served as governor of Adamawa State since 2019. He was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and served ...

unseated APC Governor

Bindo Jibrilla Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla (born 15 April 1965), known as Bindow Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as governor of Adamawa State from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the senator representing Adamawa North senatoria ...

. Legislatively the PDP also gained ground, winning two Senate seats, five House of Representatives seats, and control of the House of Assembly.

Polling

Projections

General election

Results

By senatorial district

The results of the election by senatorial district.

By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

Notes

References

{{Elections in Adamawa State Adamawa State gubernatorial election 2023 Adamawa State elections Adamawa