2022 Nigerian Elections

During the year, the governors of Ekiti and Osun states were elected on 18 June and 16 July, respectively. Additionally, there were also elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly along with local elections in Adamawa State, Benue State, Edo State, Enugu State, the Federal Capital Territory, Imo State, Katsina State, and Kebbi State.

2022 Nigerian elections

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House of Representatives elections
3 of the 360 seats
Majority party Minority party   Party APC PDP Last election 202 128 Seats up 1 2
Gubernatorial elections
2 governorships
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party APC PDP APGA Seats before 22 13 1 Seats after 21 14 1 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 562,084 470,828 376 Percentage 48.61% 40.72% 0.03% Seats up 2 0 0 Seats won 1 1 0

National Assembly elections

House of Representatives elections

At least three by-elections were held in 2022 to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives:

Gubernatorial elections

House of Assembly elections

At least six by-elections will be held in 2022 to fill vacancies in state houses of assembly in at least six different states:

• Cross River State
  • Akpabuyo State Constituency: On 26 October 2021, member for Akpabuyo Adedayo Omolafe (PDP) died from an undisclosed protracted illness. INEC set the by-election date for 26 February alongside five other by-elections. The seat was held for the PDP by Effiom Ekeng Edet who defeated his nearest opponent, the APC's Bassey Effiom, by 503 votes.
• Ekiti State
  • Ekiti East I State Constituency: On January 31, 2021, member for Ekiti East I Juwa Adegbuyi (APC) died from an undisclosed illness. INEC originally set the date for the by-election for 20 March 2021; however, on the by-election date, multiple reports of violence and ballot snatching including the murder of 3 people at a polling station led INEC to suspend and postpone the by-election indefinitely.
• Imo State
  • Ngor Okpala State Constituency: On 26 October 2021, the seat of Ngor Okpala was declared vacant by Speaker Kennedy Ibeh after member Tochi Okere (PDP) did not attend the constitutionally-required amount of legislative meetings. INEC set the by-election date for 26 February alongside five other by-elections.
• Kaduna State
  • Giwa West State Constituency: On 15 December 2021, the member for Giwa West, Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau (APC), was killed in a bandit attack along the Kaduna-Zaria highway.
• Plateau State
  • Pankshin South State Constituency: On 28 November 2021, member for Pankshin South, Henry Longs (APC), died from complications during a leg operation. INEC set the by-election date for 26 February alongside five other by-elections. The seat was held for the APC by Ezra Dakup who defeated his nearest opponent, Peter Da'an Dasat of the PDP, by 113 votes.
• Zamfara State
  • Gusau East State Constituency: On 29 January 2022, the member for Gusau East, Ibrahim Na’iddah, died from a "protracted illness."
  • Shinkafi State Constituency: On 29 June 2021, the member for Shinkafi, Muhammad Ahmad (APC), was killed in a bandit attack along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State.

At least ten statewide local elections were held in 2022:

• Adamawa: The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission held local elections on 9 April. The PDP won all 21 chairmanships and 226 councillorship seats.
• Benue: The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission initially called local elections for 7 May; however, the Commission later pushed the elections forward to 30 April. The PDP won all 23 chairmanships and 276 councillorship seats.
• Ebonyi: The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission held local elections on 30 July. The APC won all 13 chairmanships and 171 councillorship seats.
• Edo: The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission initially called local elections for 19 April; however, a court ruled against the conduct of the elections and the EDSIEC postponed the election.
• Enugu: The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission held local elections on 23 February. The PDP won all 17 chairmanships and 260 councillorship seats.
• Federal Capital Territory: The federal Independent National Electoral Commission held FCT local elections on 12 February. Of the six area council chairmanships, three went to the APC and PDP each while of the 62 councillorships, 44 went to the PDP and 18 were won by the APC.
• Imo: The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission called local elections for 12 March. However, this date was pushed back to 25 March before being suspended indefinitely due to security concerns.
• Katsina: The Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission held local elections on 11 April. Initial results showed the APC won all 31 declared chairmanships and 328 declared councillorship seats but results from three LGA were unavailable.
• Kebbi: The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission held local elections on 5 February. The APC won all 21 chairmanship and 225 councillorship seats.
• Osun: The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission called local elections for 15 October.