List of political parties in Nigeria explained

This is a list of political parties in Nigeria.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are the Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) as well as others including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Current parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

PartyFoundedChairpersonPositionIdeologySenateHouse of
Representatives		GovernorsState Assemblies
All Progressives CongressAPC2013Centre
Peoples Democratic PartyPDP1998Iyorchia AyuCentre-right
Labour PartyLP2002Julius AbureCentre-leftSocial democracy
All Progressives Grand AllianceAPGA2003Victor Oye
New Nigeria People's PartyNNPP2020[1] Rufai Ahmed AlkaliSyncretic[2] Third Position
Young Progressives PartyYPP2017Bishop AmakiriCentre-leftSocial democracy
Social Democratic PartySDP1989VacantCentre-leftSocial democracy
African Democratic CongressADC2005Ralph Okey Nwosu
PartyFoundedChairpersonPositionIdeologySenateHouse of
Representatives		GovernorsState Assemblies
Zenith Labour PartyZLPUnknownDan NwanyanwuBig tent
Action Democratic PartyADP2017Yabagi SaniCentreThird Way

Extraparliamentary parties

PartyFoundedChairpersonPositionIdeologySenateHouse of
Representatives		GovernorsState Assemblies
AccordA2010 (Inferred date)Mohammad Lawal NaladoBig tent
Action AllianceAA2005Big tent
African Action CongressAAC2018Leonard Nzenwa
(Acting)		Left-wing
Allied Peoples MovementAPM2018Yusuf Mamman DantalleBig tent
Action Peoples PartyAPPUnknownUchenna NnadiBig tent
Boot PartyBP2019Big tent
NRM2017Isaac Chigozie UdehBig tent

Unregistered parties

These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of continued registration based on their poor performances during the elections.[3] [4] [5] [6] However, many of these parties are still organizationally active as the deregistration of 23 of the parties is being challenged in court as of 2022 while the complete deregistration Supreme Court case was only settled in May 2021.[7] [8] There are also prospective parties, like the revival of the Movement of the People, where there is yet to be a decision on their registration.

Historical parties

First Republic

Second Republic

Third Republic

Abacha era

Fourth Republic

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://twitter.com/OfficialNNPPng Official Twitter account
  2. Web site: Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers . 2023-03-01 . www.aljazeera.com.
  3. Web site: Sanni . Kunle . UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties . . 5 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties . . . 5 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Ajayi . Omeiza . Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC . . 5 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Kwen . James . 2020-02-06 . INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others . 2023-02-23 . Businessday NG . en-US.
  7. Web site: Ikhilae . Eric . Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC . . 5 March 2022.
  8. Web site: Nwisagbo . Lesi . Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties . . 7 May 2021 . 5 March 2022.

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