| Election Name: | 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Benue State |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian general election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian presidential election in Benue State |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
| Registered: | 2,777,727 |
| Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
| Home State1: | Lagos |
| Party2: | Labour Party (Nigeria) |
| Home State2: | Anambra |
| Party4: | New Nigeria Peoples Party |
| Home State4: | Kano |
| Party5: | Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
| Home State5: | Adamawa |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Benue State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria.[1] Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Benue State is a diverse, agriculture-based state in the Middle Belt; although it is nicknamed the "Food Basket of the Nation" and has vast natural resources, Benue has faced challenges in security as inter-ethnic violence and conflict between herders and farmers heavily affect the state. The overproliferation of weaponry and increased pressure for land along with failures in governance led to the worsening of these clashes in the years ahead of the election.[2]
Politically, Benue's 2019 elections were categorized as a swing back towards the PDP in the aftermath of Ortom's 2018 defection back to the party. On the federal level, PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar narrowly won the state after Buhari had won it in 2015; legislatively, the PDP swept all three Senate seats and won seven House of Representatives seats. Statewise, PDP Governor Samuel Ortom won re-election by over 10% of the vote and the PDP won a majority in the House of Assembly.
| Polling organisation/client | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Others | Undecided | Undisclosed | Not voting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinubu APC | Obi LP | Kwankwaso NNPP | Abubakar PDP | ||||||||
| BantuPage | January 2023 | N/A | 12% | 49% | 1% | 6% | – | 9% | 20% | 2% | |
| Nextier (Benue crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 30.3% | 46.1% | – | 20.2% | – | 3.4% | – | – | |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Benue crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 4% | 49% | – | 2% | 1% | 43% | – | – | |
| Source | Projection | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [3] | Likely Obi | 24 February 2023 | |
| Dataphyte[4] | |||
| Tinubu: | 24.44% | 11 February 2023 | |
| Obi: | 33.57% | ||
| Abubakar: | 24.44% | ||
| Others: | 17.54% | ||
| Enough is Enough- | Obi | 17 February 2023 | |
| SBM Intelligence[5] | Obi | 15 December 2022 | |
| ThisDay[6] | |||
| Tinubu: | 20% | 27 December 2022 | |
| Obi: | 30% | ||
| Kwankwaso: | 10% | ||
| Abubakar: | 25% | ||
| Others/Undecided: | 15% | ||
| Battleground | 12-19 February 2023 | ||
The results of the election by senatorial district.
| Senatorial district | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Benue North-East Senatorial District (Zone A) | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Benue North-West Senatorial District (Zone B) | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Benue South Senatorial District (Zone C) | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
The results of the election by federal constituency.
| Federal constituency | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Buruku Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Guma/Makurdi Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Gwer East/Gwer West Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Katsina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Konshisha/Vandeikya Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Oju/Obi Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
The results of the election by local government area.
| Local government area | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Total valid votes | Turnout (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Ado | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Agatu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Apa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Buruku | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gboko | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Guma | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gwer East | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gwer West | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Katsina-Ala | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Konshisha | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Kwande | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Logo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Makurdi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Obi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ogbadibo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ohimini | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Oju | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Okpokwu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Otukpo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Tarka | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ukum | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ushongo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Vandeikya | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |