| Election Name: | 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Nigerian general election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 25 February 2023 |
| Registered: | 2,172,056 |
| 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 Sokoto 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.
Sokoto State is a large northwestern state with agricultural and energy potential but facing a debilitated health sector, low education rates, and intense challenges in security as the nationwide kidnapping epidemic, bandit conflict, religious riots, and herder–farmer clashes have all heavily affected the state.
Politically, the 2019 elections were categorized as a swing back towards the PDP. Although Buhari won the state again (by 15%), Sokoto was the state that swung the most towards the PDP in the presidential election; legislatively, the PDP held its one Senate seat after a court ruling and won four House of Representatives seats after the APC won all legislative seats in 2015. Statewise, incumbent Governor Aminu Tambuwal won re-election by about 300 votes while the APC won a narrow 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 | December 2022 | N/A | 32% | 4% | 2% | 30% | – | 23% | 5% | 3% | |
| Nextier (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 18.2% | 5.2% | 9.1% | 18.2% | – | 6.5% | – | – | |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 16% | 38% | 5% | 23% | 6% | 11% | – | – | |
| Source | Projection | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [2] | Likely Abubakar | 24 February 2023 | |
| Dataphyte[3] | |||
| Tinubu: | 28.49% | 11 February 2023 | |
| Obi: | 8.32% | ||
| Abubakar: | 56.89% | ||
| Others: | 6.31% | ||
| Enough is Enough- | Abubakar | 17 February 2023 | |
| SBM Intelligence[4] | Abubakar | 15 December 2022 | |
| ThisDay[5] | |||
| Tinubu: | 35% | 27 December 2022 | |
| Obi: | – | ||
| Kwankwaso: | 15% | ||
| Abubakar: | bgcolor=#009404 | 40% | |
| Others/Undecided: | 10% | ||
| 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 | % | |||
| Sokoto East Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Sokoto North Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Sokoto 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 | % | |||
| Binji/Silame Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Dange-Shuni/Bodinga/Tureta Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Goronyo/Gada Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Illela/Gwadabawa Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Sokoto North/Sokoto South Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | |
| Yabo/Shagari 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 | % | ||||
| Binji | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Bodinga | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Dange Shuni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gada | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Goronyo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gudu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Gwadabawa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Illela | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Isa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Kebbe | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Kware | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Rabah | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Sabon Birni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Shagari | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Silame | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Sokoto North | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Sokoto South | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Tambuwal | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Tangaza | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Tureta | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Wamako | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Wurno | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Yabo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | |