The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections will be held on 18 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using

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. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019. Numerous other federal elections, including the 2023 House elections, will also be held on this date while state elections will be held in the weeks afterwards. The winners of this election will serve beginning in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly. The APC have held a majority in the

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since the

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and solidified that majority in

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Retirements

As of December 2021, 6 senators, including 1 APC senator and 5 PDP senators, have decided to retire, 5 of whom are seeking another office.

APC

#Adamawa North: Ishaku Elisha Abbo is retiring to contest for governor of Adamawa State.

PDP

#Abia Central:

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is retiring. #Abia South:

Enyinnaya Abaribe Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (born March 1, 1955) is a Nigerian politician who was elected to the Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State in the Senate of Nigeria in April 2007. He holds the title Nwadiohanma Ngwa. Enyinnaya is an outspoken se ...

is retiring to contest for governor of Abia State. # Cross River Central: Sandy Ojang Onor is retiring to contest for governor of Cross River State. # Cross River South: Gershom Bassey is retiring to contest for governor of Cross River State. #Ebonyi Central:

Joseph Ogba Joseph Obinna Ogba (born 1961 in Ebonyi State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. He is a member of the 8th National Assembly in Nigeria and also senator-e ...

is retiring to contest for governor of Ebonyi State.

Results summary

Timeline

*23-24 February 2019 – The

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wins the

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, the Peoples Democratic Party stayed as the main minority party, and the

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entered the Senate as a smaller minority party. *11 June 2019 – Most senators officially sworn into office.

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(APC-Yobe North) and Ovie Omo-Agege (APC- Delta Central) elected as

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and Deputy Senate President, respectively. *2 July 2019 – Other principal officers were announced with Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (APC-Kebbi North) and Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia North) becoming Majority Leader and Majority Whip, respectively. In the minority,

(PDP-Abia South) became Senate Minority Leader while

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(PDP-

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) was named Minority Whip. *June 2019 to January 2020 – In the months after the election, litigation and supplemental elections led to the inauguration of several new senators, with some replacing previously sworn-in senators while others filled open seats. *15 July 2021 – Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba (PDP-Sokoto South) becomes Deputy Senate Minority Whip after Zamfara North Senator Sahabi Yaú resigned from the position in preparation for defecting to the APC.

Retirements

APC

PDP

Results summary

Timeline

Changes

Abia State

Adamawa State

Akwa Ibom State

Anambra State

Bauchi State

Bayelsa State

Benue State

Borno State

Cross River State

Delta State

Ebonyi State

Edo State

Ekiti State

Enugu State

Federal Capital Territory

Gombe State

Imo State

Jigawa State

Kaduna State

Kano State

Katsina State

Kebbi State

Kogi State

Kwara State

Lagos State

Nasarawa State

Niger State

Ogun State

Ondo State

Osun State

Oyo State

Plateau State

Rivers State

Sokoto State

Taraba State

Yobe State

Zamfara State

Notes

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