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List of political parties in Nigeria

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

Other parties represented in state assemblies

Extraparliamentary parties

  1. ^ Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)

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

References

  1. ^ Official Twitter account
  2. ^ "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  7. ^ Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. ^ Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.