2023 Abia State House of Assembly election explained

Election Name:2023 Abia State House of Assembly election
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Seats For Election:All 24 seats in the Abia State House of Assembly
Majority Seats:13
Election Date:11 March 2023
Previous Election:2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Previous Year:2019
Next Election:2027 Abia State House of Assembly election
Next Year:2027
Party1:Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Last Election1:19
Seats Before1:18
Party2:All Progressives Congress
Last Election2:2
Seats Before2:3
Party4:Labour Party (Nigeria)
Last Election4:0
Seats Before4:2
Party5:All Progressives Grand Alliance
Last Election5:1
Seats Before5:1
Speaker
Before Party:Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1] [2] It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.

Electoral system

The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

Background

In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji (PDP-Umuahia Central) as Speaker.[3] In other Abia elections, incumbent PDP Governor Okezie Ikpeazu won in a landslide but federal elections were closer as the PDP lost ground by only winning seven House of Representatives seats and two Senate seats compared to all nine House seats and all three Senate seats in 2015. For the presidency, Abia was easily won by PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had strikingly low turnout.

During the term, a number of defections shifting the main opposition position from APGA to the APC with Chijioke Chukwu (APC-Bende North) becoming Minority Leader in June 2021.[4] Other key events included corruption investigations into Orji and his brief arrest by the EFCC, the formal reprimand of Chukwu for his criticism of Ikpeazu, a court judgement barring MHA Obinna Ichita (APGA-Aba South) from "defamatory statements", an aborted attempt to impeach the Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader, and the resignation of Majority Chief Whip Munachim Alozie (Ugwunagbo) to join the Labour Party.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
PDPAPCAPGALPVacant
Previous Election19210224
Before Election18312024
After ElectionTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD24

Summary

ConstituencyIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Aba CentralPDPIncumbent nominatednowrap
Aba NorthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Aba SouthAPGAIncumbent retiringnowrap
ArochukwuAPCIncumbent nominatednowrap
Bende NorthAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Bende SouthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
IkwuanoPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Isiala Ngwa NorthLPIncumbent retiringnowrap
Isiala Ngwa SouthPDPIncumbent retiringnowrap
IsuikwuatoAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Obingwa EastPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Obingwa WestPDPStatus unknownnowrap
Ohafia NorthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Ohafia SouthPDPIncumbent retiringnowrap
Osisioma NorthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Osisioma SouthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
UgwunagboLPIncumbent retiringnowrap
Ukwa EastPDPStatus unknownnowrap
Ukwa WestPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
Umuahia CentralPDPIncumbent retiringnowrap
Umuahia EastPDPIncumbent retiring[11] nowrap
Umuahia NorthPDPIncumbent retiringnowrap
Umuahia SouthPDPIncumbent renominatednowrap
UmunneochiPDPIncumbent retiringnowrap

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oyekanmi . Rotimi . It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25. INEC News . 27 February 2022 . 26 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Jimoh . Abbas . INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections . . 26 February 2022 . 26 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Ikokwu . Ogbonnaya . Abia Assembly elects Orji as new Speaker . . 10 June 2019 . 3 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Emeruwa . Chijindu . Abia Assembly gets new Minority Leader . . 18 June 2021 . 3 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Nwezeh . Kingsley . EFCC Investigates Theodore Orji, Son for Alleged Diversion of N551bn . . 3 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Sanni . Kunle . EFCC arrests ex-governor at airport, detains him, son . . 3 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Emeruwa . Chijindu . Abia Assembly cautions member over negative utterances against Ikpeazu . . 5 April 2021 . 3 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Oko . Steve . APGA cries foul as court bars only lawmaker in Abia assembly from defamatory statements . . 3 August 2022.
  9. Web site: Alaribe . Ugochukwu . Trouble in Abia Assembly over move to impeach Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader . . 3 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Nwakanma . Sunday . Abia Assembly adjourns as deputy speaker, majority leader escape sack . . 24 February 2022 . 3 August 2022.
  11. Web site: Oko . Steve . ABIA 2023: Charter of equity favours Old Aba Division — Apugo . . 3 August 2022.

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