| Election Name: | 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River State |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian general election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River State |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
| Registered: | 1,766,466 |
| 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 Cross River 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.
Cross River State is a diverse state in the South South with growing economy and vast natural areas but facing an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector, deforestation, and rising debt in large part due to years of systemic corruption. Politically, the state's 2019 elections were categorized as a continuation of the PDP's control as Ayade won with over 73% of the vote and the party won every seat in the House of Assembly along with all three senate seats. However, the PDP did lose one House of Representatives seat to the APC and although the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar, it still swung towards Buhari compared to 2015 and had lower turnout.
| Polling organisation/client | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Others | Undecided | Undisclosed | Not voting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinubu APC | Obi LP | Kwankwaso NNPP | Abubakar PDP | ||||||||
| BantuPage | December 2022 | N/A | 12% | 59% | 0% | 7% | – | 7% | 5% | 10% | |
| BantuPage | January 2023 | N/A | 7% | 71% | 6% | 4% | – | 3% | 4% | 4% | |
| Nextier (Cross River crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 14.7% | 63.2% | – | 20.6% | 1.5% | – | – | – | |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Cross River crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 9% | 74% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 4% | – | – | |
| Source | Projection | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [2] | Likely Obi | 24 February 2023 | |
| Dataphyte[3] | |||
| Tinubu: | 46.74% | 11 February 2023 | |
| Obi: | 38.97% | ||
| Abubakar: | 7.62% | ||
| Others: | 6.68% | ||
| Enough is Enough- | Obi | 17 February 2023 | |
| SBM Intelligence[4] | Obi | 15 December 2022 | |
| ThisDay[5] | |||
| Tinubu: | 25% | 27 December 2022 | |
| Obi: | 35% | ||
| Kwankwaso: | – | ||
| Abubakar: | 20% | ||
| Others/Undecided: | 20% | ||
| 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 | % | |||
| Cross River Central Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Cross River North Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Cross River South Senatorial District | 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 | % | |||
| Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Ogoja/Yala 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 | % | ||||
| Abi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Akamkpa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Akpabuyo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Bekwarra | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Biase | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Boki | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Calabar Municipal | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Calabar South | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Etung | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ikom | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Obanliku | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Obubra | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Obudu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Odukpani | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Ogoja | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Yakurr | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Yala | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |