Election Name: | 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 3 Taraba State seats in the Senate of Nigeria |
Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Last Election1: | 1 |
Seats Before1: | 2 |
Party2: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Map Size: | 270px |
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Taraba State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
In the previous Senate elections, all three incumbent senators were returned with Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC-Central) winning re-election with 45% of the vote while Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP-North) won re-election with 43% and Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-South) also was returned with 43%. The senatorial results were an example of the state's competitiveness as the House of Representatives seats were closely split and Abubakar only narrowly won the state in the presidential election. On the state level, the PDP continued its dominance by and winning a majority in the state House of Assembly and holding the governorship.
Affiliation | Party | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
APC | PDP | ||
Previous Election | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Before Election | 2 | 1 | 3 |
After Election | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Election Name: | 2023 Taraba Central Senatorial District election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba Central |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba Central |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Party2: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Map Size: | 150px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf |
Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
After Election: | TBD |
The Taraba Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Bali, Gashaka, Gassol, Kurmi, and Sardauna. Incumbent Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC), who was elected with 44.9% of the vote in 2019, declined to seek re-election instead running for governor of Taraba State; Yusuf lost both the initial and rerun APC primaries.
Election Name: | 2023 Taraba North Senatorial District election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba North |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba North |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Party2: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Map Size: | 150px |
Senator | |
Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
After Election: | TBD |
The Taraba North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ardo Kola, Jalingo, Karim Lamido, Lau, Yorro, and Zing. Incumbent Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP), who was elected with 43.3% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.
Election Name: | 2023 Taraba South Senatorial District election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba South |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State#Taraba South |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Party2: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Map Size: | 150px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Emmanuel Bwacha |
Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
After Election: | TBD |
The Taraba South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Donga, Ibi, Takum, Ussa, and Wukari. Incumbent Emmanuel Bwacha (APC) was elected with 42.6% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the PDP. He defected to the APC in February 2022 and opted to run for governor of Taraba State instead of seeking re-election.