| Election Name: | 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Majority Seats: | 13 |
| Election Date: | 11 March 2023 |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Party1: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
| Last Election1: | 24 |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Party2: | Young Progressives Party |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Party3: | All Progressives Congress |
| Last Election3: | 1 |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Speaker | |
| Before Party: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
The 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election took place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Akwa Ibom 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.
The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.
In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Uruan) as Speaker.[3] In other Akwa Ibom elections, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (PDP) won in a landslide. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senates and ten House of Representatives seats as the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had lower turnout.
Key events during the legislative term included the belated swearing-in of the Assembly's sole APC member—Effiong Johnson (Mbo)—in December 2019, reports on systemic misappropriation of public funds and corruption by the Assembly, and votes on various constitutional amendments in July 2022.[4] [5] [6] [7]
| Affiliation | Party | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDP | APC | YPP | Vacant | ||
| Previous Election | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Before Election | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| After Election | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 26 |
| Constituency | Incumbent | Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent | Party | Status | Candidates | ||||
| Abak | PDP | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | ||||
| Eket | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Esit Eket/Ibeno | YPP | Incumbent lost renomination Incumbent nominated by new party | nowrap | ||||
| Essien Udim | PDP | Incumbent lost renomination | nowrap | ||||
| Etim Ekpo/Ika | PDP | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | ||||
| Etinan | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Ibesikpo Asutan | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Ibiono Ibom | PDP | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | ||||
| Ikono | YPP | Incumbent lost renomination Incumbent nominated by new party | nowrap | ||||
| Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Ini | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Itu | PDP | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | ||||
| Mbo | PDP | Incumbent nominated | nowrap | ||||
| Mkpat Enin | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Nsit Atai | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Nsit Ibom | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Nsit Ubium | PDP | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | ||||
| Okobo | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Onna | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Oron/Udung Uko | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Oruk Anam | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Ukanafun | PDP | Incumbent lost renomination | nowrap | ||||
| Uruan | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Urue Offong/Oruko | PDP | Status unknown | nowrap | ||||
| Uyo | PDP | Incumbent retiring | nowrap | ||||