Lagos 2023 Presidential Election Results from INEC For LP, APC, and PDP among other political parties can be accessed below.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the 2023 general elections at exactly 8:30 am amid tight security on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Nigerians are voting from a list of eighteen (18) Presidential candidates and four thousand, two hundred and twenty-three (4,223) National Assembly candidates, who are contesting for four hundred and sixty-nine (469) federal legislative positions.
No fewer than eighteen (18) political parties are participating in the 2023 general elections, however, some would not be fielding candidates for the position of president. This is less than the 91 political parties that participated in the 2019 general elections.
According to the figures recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), there are currently 93,469,008 Registered Voters but 87,209,007 voters out of the 93,469,008 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and would be expected to vote in the 2023 general elections compared to 84,004,084 in the 2019 general elections.
The main contenders in terms of political parties are the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, LP, and of course, the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the ruling APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is flying the flag of the PDP, former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi is the candidate of the LP, while Rabiu Kwankwaso is the NNPP standard bearer.
In the build-up to the elections, Newsonline Nigeria reports that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), have popped up clearly as top contenders for the office of the president.
Regardless, whoever emerges the winner of today’s contest will be sworn in on 29 May for a four-year term to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari whose second term in office lapses on that day.
On the other hand, over 4,000 candidates are standing for elections into the two chambers of the National Assembly. While about 1,100 are gunning for 108 out of the 109 seats in the Senate, a total of 3,057 candidates are contesting for the 360 seats in the House of Representatives. The election will not hold in Enugu East Senatorial District until 11 March because of Wednesday’s murder of the candidate of the Labour Party, Oyibo Chukwu.
Newsonline Nigeria brings live updates of the official Presidential and National Assembly election results as announced by INEC officials at the various polling units.
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Here 2023 Presidential Election Results from LGAs:
Lagos 2023 Presidential Election Results From INEC For LP, APC, PDP, Others
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the collation of results for the February 25 presidential election in Lagos State.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje opened the floor at the state collation centre in the Yaba area of the state on Sunday.
The results for 17 of the state’s 20 local government areas (LGAs) presented by 3:40 am on Monday, including Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Badagry, Agege, Ikeja, Shomolu, Kosofe, Amuwo Odofin, Eti Osa, Surulere, Apapa, Ifako Ijaiye, Ajeromi, Oshodi Isolo.
Results presented for Mushin LGA have yet to get cleared by the state collation officer as they are being contested by the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) and thus had yet to be signed by most party agents.
INEC asked that they be presented afresh.
Meanwhile, Ojo and Alimosho are the only two LGAs left to be announced.
See results:
- Lagos Mainland LGA
APC – 20,030
PDP – 3,005
LP – 18,698
NNPP – 257
2. Epe LGA
APC – 19,867
LP – 3,497
NNPP – 76
PDP – 5221
3. Lagos Island LGA
APC – 27,760
LP – 3,058
NNPP – 79
PDP – 2521
4. Ibeju-Lekki LGA
APC – 14,685
LP – 10,410
NNPP – 104
PDP – 2,329
5. Ikorodu LGA
APC – 50,353
LP – 28,951
NNPP – 400
PDP – 4,508
6. Ikeja LGA
APC – 21,276
LP – 30,004
NNPP – 337
PDP – 2,280
7. Badagry LGA
APC – 31,908
LP – 10,956
NNPP – 153
PDP – 6,024
8. Agege LGA
APC – 29,568
LP – 13,270
NNPP – 1,513
PDP – 4,498
9. Somolu LGA
APC – 27,879
LP – 28,936
NNPP – 476
PDP – 3,449
10. Amuwo Odofin LGA
APC – 13,318
LP – 55,547
NNPP – 330
PDP – 2,383
11. Kosofe LGA
APC – 36,883
LP – 46,554
NNPP – 902
PDP – 4,058
12. Eti Osa LGA
APC – 15,317
LP – 42,388
NNPP – 381
PDP- 3,369
The collation officer for Eti Osa LGA could not specify the number of polling units where the process was disrupted. She was asked to give specifics and return to present the figures again.
13. Surulere LGA
APC – 39,002
LP – 36,923
NNPP – 442
PDP – 2,651
14. Apapa LGA
APC – 15,471
LP – 7,566
NNPP – 338
PDP – 2,957
15. Ifako Ijaiye LGA
APC – 30,756
LP – 25,437
NNPP – 232
PDP – 3,258
16. Ajeromi Ifeledun LGA
APC – 25,938
LP – 35,663
NNPP – 435
PDP – 4,680
17. Oshodi Isolo LGA
APC – 27,181
LP – 51,020
NNPP – 413
PDP – 3,139
Background
Of the 87, 209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected nationwide for the election, 6,214,970 PVCs were collected in Lagos. This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473.
Lagos is the base of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was governor of the state from 1999 to 2007.
Other presidential candidates in the race include Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Please, keep refreshing this page as Lagos 2023 Presidential Election Results From INEC For LP, APC, PDP and NNPP is being compiled.
