2023 Yobe State House of Assembly election explained

Election Name:2023 Yobe State House of Assembly election
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Seats For Election:All 24 seats in the Yobe State House of Assembly
Majority Seats:13
Election Date:11 March 2023
Previous Election:2019 Yobe State House of Assembly election
Previous Year:2019
Next Election:2027 Yobe State House of Assembly election
Next Year:2027
Party1:All Progressives Congress
Last Election1:23
Seats Before1:24
Party2:Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Last Election2:1
Seats Before2:0
Speaker
Before Party:All Progressives Congress

The 2023 Yobe State House of Assembly election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Yobe 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.

Electoral system

The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

Background

In the previous House of Assembly elections, the APC won a sizeable majority that elected Ahmed Lawan Mirwa (APC-Nguru II) as Speaker. In other Yobe elections, incumbent APC Governor Mai Mala Buni won in a landslide as the APC swept every House of Representatives and Senate seat along with Buhari winning the state in a landslide.

Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
APCPDP
Previous Election23124
Before Election24024
After ElectionTBDTBD24

Summary

ConstituencyIncumbentResults
IncumbentPartyStatusCandidates
Bade EastAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Bade WestAPCStatus unknownnowrap
BursariAPCStatus unknownnowrap
DamagumAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Damaturu IAPCStatus unknownnowrap
Damaturu IIAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Fika/NgaldaAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Geidam NorthAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Geidam SouthAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Goya/NgejiAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
GujbaAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
GulaniAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
JajereAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
JakuskoAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
KarasuwaAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
MamudoAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
NangereAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
Nguru IAPCIncumbent nominatednowrap
Nguru IIAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
PotiskumAPCIncumbent retiringnowrap
TarmuwaAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
YunusariAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap
YusufariAPCIncumbent renominatednowrap

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oyekanmi . Rotimi . It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25 . INEC News . 27 February 2022 . 26 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Jimoh . Abbas . INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections . . 26 February 2022 . 26 February 2022.

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