List of political parties in Nigeria
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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
| Party | Founded | Chairperson | Position | Ideology | Senate | House of Representatives | Governors | State Assemblies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Progressives Congress | APC | 2013 | Abdullahi Adamu | Centre | 59 / 109 | 176 / 360 | 22 / 36 | 570 / 991 | ||
| Peoples Democratic Party | PDP | 1998 | Iyorchia Ayu | Centre-right | 38 / 109 | 119 / 360 | 13 / 36 | 325 / 991 | ||
| Labour Party | LP | 2002 | Julius Abure | Centre-left | Social democracy | 8 / 109 | 34 / 360 | 1 / 36 | 26 / 991 | |
| All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA | 2003 | Victor Oye | 1 / 109 | 4 / 360 | 1 / 36 | 19 / 991 | |||
| New Nigeria People's Party | NNPP | 2020[1] | Rufai Ahmed Alkali | Syncretic[2] | Third Position | 2 / 109 | 18 / 360 | 1 / 36 | 26 / 991 | |
| Young Progressives Party | YPP | 2017 | Bishop Amakiri | Centre-left | Social democracy | 1 / 109 | 2 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 2 / 991 | |
| Social Democratic Party | SDP | 1989 | Vacant | Centre-left | Social democracy | 2 / 109 | 2 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | |
| African Democratic Congress | ADC | 2005 | Ralph Okey Nwosu | 1 / 109 | 2 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 1 / 991 | |||
Other parties represented in state assemblies
| Party | Founded | Chairperson | Position | Ideology | Senate | House of Representatives | Governors | State Assemblies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith Labour Party | ZLP | Unknown | Dan Nwanyanwu | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 2 / 991 | ||
| Action Democratic Party | ADP | 2017 | Yabagi Sani | Centre | Third Way | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 1 / 991 | |
Extraparliamentary parties
| Party | Founded | Chairperson | Position | Ideology | Senate | House of Representatives | Governors | State Assemblies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord | A | 2010 (Inferred date) | Mohammad Lawal Nalado | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| Action Alliance[a] | AA | 2005 | Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| African Action Congress | AAC | 2018 | Leonard Nzenwa (Acting) | Left-wing | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| Allied Peoples Movement | APM | 2018 | Yusuf Mamman Dantalle | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| Action Peoples Party | APP | Unknown | Uchenna Nnadi | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| Boot Party | BP | 2019 | Sonny Adenuga | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
| National Rescue Movement | NRM | 2017 | Isaac Chigozie Udeh | Big tent | 0 / 109 | 0 / 360 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 991 | ||
- ^ 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.
- Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
- Advanced Allied Party (AAP)
- Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
- Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP)
- Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
- African People Alliance (APA)
- All Blended Party (ABP)
- All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
- All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
- Alliance National Party (ANP)
- Alliance Of Social Democrats (ASD)
- Alliance for Democracy (AD)
- Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
- Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN)
- Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN)
- Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN)
- Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
- Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
- Change Nigeria Party (CNP)
- Coalition For Change (C4C)
- Communist Party of Nigeria (CPN)
- Congress of Patriots (COP)
- Democratic Alternative (DA)
- Democratic People's Party (DPP)
- Democratic People’s Congress (DPC)
- Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
- Freedom And Justice Party (FJP)
- Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
- Grassroots Development Party Of Nigeria (GDPN)
- Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
- Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
- Independent Democrats (ID)
- Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
- KOWA Party (KP)
- Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN)
- Liberation Movement (LM)
- Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
- Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
- Mega Party Of Nigeria (MPN)
- Modern Democratic Party (MDP)
- Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)
- Movement of the People (MOP)
- National Action Council (NAC)
- National Conscience Party (NCP)
- National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
- National Interest Party (NIP)
- National Unity Party (NUP)
- New Generations Party of Nigeria (NGP)
- New Progressive Movement (NPM)
- Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP)
- Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
- Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
- Nigeria For Democracy (NFD)
- Nigeria People’s Congress (NPC)
- People for Democratic Change (PDC)
- People's Progressive Party (PPP)
- People’s Democratic Movement (PDM)
- People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN)
- People’s Trust (PT)
- Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
- Providence People's Congress (PPC)
- Re-Build Nigeria Party (RBNP)
- Reform and Advancement Party (RAP)
- Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
- Save Nigeria Congress (SNC)
- Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)
- Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
- Sustainable National Party (SNP)
- United Democratic Party (UDP)
- United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
- United Patriots (UP)
- United People's Congress (UPC)
- United Progressive Party (UPP)
- Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
- We The People Nigeria (WTPN)
- Yes Electorates Solidarity (YES)
- Young Democratic Party (YDP)
- Youth Party (YP)
Historical parties
First Republic
- Action Group (AG)
- Borno Youth Movement (BYM)
- Convention People's Party of Nigeria and the Cameroons
- Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroon (DPNC)
- Dynamic Party (DP)
- Igala Union (IU)
- Igbira Tribal Union (ITU)
- Kano People's Party (KPP)
- Lagos State United Front (LSUF)
- Mabolaje Grand Alliance (MGA)
- Midwest Democratic Front (MDF)
- National Independence Party (NIP)
- National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons/National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC)
- Niger Delta Congress (NDC)
- Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
- Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
- Northern People's Congress (NPC)
- Northern Progressive Front (NPF)
- Republican Party (RP)
- United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC)
- United National Independence Party (UNIP)
- Zamfara Commoners Party (ZCP)
Second Republic
- Greater Nigerian People's Party (GNPP)
- Movement of the People Party (MPP)
- National Party of Nigeria (NPN)
- Nigeria Advance Party (NAP)
- Nigerian People's Party (NPP)
- People's Redemption Party (PRP)
- Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
Third Republic
- National Republican Convention (NRC)
- Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Abacha era
- Committee for National Consensus (CNC)
- Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN)
- Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM)
- Justice Party (JP)
- National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCPN)
- National Democratic Coalition (NADECO)
- United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP)
Fourth Republic
- Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
- African Renaissance Party (ARP)
- All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM)
- All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
- All People's Party (APP)
- Alliance for Democracy (AD)
- Citizens Popular Party (CPP)
- Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)
- Grassroot Patriotic Party (GPP)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- New Democrats (ND)
- Nigeria Poor People Party (NPPP)
- People's Salvation Party (PSP)
- New Nigeria people party (NNPP)
See also
- Politics of Nigeria
- Lists of political parties; categories by country and ideology
References
- ^ Official Twitter account
- ^ "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
