The 2019 Nigerian Senate election were held in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting. Most elections were held on February 23, 2019, with some elections running into February 24 while others had supplementary or rerun elections that took place at a later date. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2015.
The All Progressives Congress solidified its majority after nearly losing it to defections in 2018. The APC gained a net total of 8 seats compared to the pre-elections situation. The Peoples Democratic Party lost a net total of 4 seats compared to the pre-elections situation, notably with Senate President Bukola Saraki losing in his district of Kwara Central. Minor parties dwindled from 6 seats pre-election to a single seat, with the Young Progressives Party's Ifeanyi Ubah winning Anambra South.
Upon the opening of the 9th Nigeria National Assembly, Ahmad Lawan (APC-Yobe North) was elected as President of the Senate while Ovie Omo-Agege (APC-Delta Central) and Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (APC-Kebbi North) became Deputy Senate President and Senate Majority Leader, respectively. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP-Abia South) became the Senate Minority Leader.
Results summary and analysis As the APC strengthened its hold on the Red Chamber, 44 seats flipped from one party to another with two dozen lawmakers losing re-election. Notable flips included all three seats in Kwara State where Senate President and APC-turned-PDP Kwara Central Senator Bukola Saraki lost his first election amidst the Ó Tó Gẹ́ Movement against the Saraki dynasty and the state PDP. In more perceived rebukes of political godfatherism and party switching, PDP-turned-APC former Senate Minority Leader and Akwa Ibom North-West Senator Godswill Akpabio lost while all three Kano PDP candidates lost after outgoing Kano Central Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso defected from the APC to the PDP. Other major stories were the losses of other prominent senators: Binta Masi Garba (APC-Adamawa North), Victor Umeh (APGA-Anambra Central), Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba (APC-Anambra South), Isah Misau (PDP-Bauchi Central), Barnabas Andyar Gemade (SDP-Benue North-East), George Akume (APC-Benue North-West), Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (PDP-Kaduna North), and Shehu Sani (PRP-Kaduna Central).
As is common after Nigerian elections, a swarm of ligation followed the senatorial races with court and tribunal decisions changing results in the districts of Ekiti South, Niger East, and Sokoto South along with one ruling changing all three Zamfara elections and a rerun election being called in Kogi West. The Akwa Ibom North-West election was also annulled, albeit only in certain polling units, and a 2020 supplementary election held which confirmed Akpabio's loss. Prior to the elections, all Rivers State APC nominees were disqualified barring two incumbent senators running for reelection from contesting.
+ ↓ 63 44 1 1 APC PDP YPP Vacant
Parties Total APC PDP YPP ADC APGA PRP SDP LP Last election (2015) 60 48 — 0 0 0 0 1 109 Before these elections 55 48 0 3 1 1 1 0 109 Results Incumbent retired 13 13 — 1 0 0 0 — 27 7 4 — 0 — — — — 11 1 ADC senator replaced by 1 APC senator 9 PDP senators replaced by 9 APC senators
6 APC senators replaced by 6 PDP senators 16 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Incumbent lost renomination 8 3 — 0 0 0 0 — 11 7 2 — — — — — — 9 1 PDP senator replaced by 1 APC senator
1 APC senator replaced by 1 PDP senator 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Incumbent disqualified 3 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 3 0 — — — — — — — 0 3 APC senators replaced by 3 PDP senators 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Incumbent renominated 31 32 — 2 1 1 1 — 68 24 20 — 0 0 0 0 — 44 1 ADC senator replaced by 1 APC senator 12 PDP senators replaced by 12 APC senators 1 PRP senator replaced by 1 APC senator
1 ADC senator replaced by 1 PDP senator 5 APC senators replaced by 5 PDP senators 1 APGA senator replaced by 1 PDP senator 1 SDP senator replaced by 1 PDP senator
1 APC senator replaced by 1 YPP senator — 24 38 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 68 Result 63 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 108
Abia State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Abia Central PDPIncumbent re-elected Abia North PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Abia South PDPIncumbent re-elected
Adamawa State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Adamawa Central ADCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Adamawa North APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain Adamawa South APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP gain
Akwa Ibom State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Akwa Ibom North-East PDPIncumbent re-elected Akwa Ibom North-West APCResults partially void and supplementary election calledAPC loss Akwa Ibom South APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain
Anambra State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Anambra Central APGAIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain Anambra North PDPIncumbent re-elected Anambra South APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedYPP gain
Bauchi State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Bauchi Central PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Bauchi North PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Bauchi South APCIncumbent re-elected
Bayelsa State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Bayelsa Central PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP hold Bayelsa East PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Bayelsa West PDPIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedPDP hold
Benue State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Benue North-East SDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain Benue North-West APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain Benue South PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP hold
Borno State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Borno Central APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold Borno North APCIncumbent re-elected Borno South APCIncumbent re-elected
Cross River State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Cross River Central APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP gain Cross River North PDPIncumbent re-elected Cross River South PDPIncumbent re-elected
Delta State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Delta Central PDPIncumbent re-elected Delta North APCIncumbent re-elected Delta South PDPIncumbent re-elected
Ebonyi State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Ebonyi Central PDPIncumbent re-elected Ebonyi North PDPIncumbent re-elected Ebonyi South APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP gain
Edo State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Edo Central PDPIncumbent re-elected Edo North APCIncumbent re-elected Edo South PDPIncumbent re-elected
Ekiti State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Ekiti Central APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold Ekiti North PDPIncumbent lost re-election.New senator electedAPC gain Ekiti South PDPIncumbent re-elected after Court decision
Enugu State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Enugu East PDPIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedPDP hold Enugu North PDPIncumbent re-elected Enugu West PDPIncumbent re-elected
Federal Capital Territory
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates FCT PDPIncumbent re-elected
Gombe State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Gombe Central APCIncumbent re-elected Gombe North PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Gombe South PDPIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC gain
Imo State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Imo East PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP hold Imo North APCIncumbent re-elected Imo West APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold
Jigawa State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Jigawa North-East PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Jigawa North-West APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold Jigawa South-West APCIncumbent re-elected
Kaduna State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Kaduna Central PRPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Kaduna North PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Kaduna South PDPIncumbent re-elected
Kano State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Kano Central PDPIncumbent retired.New senator electedAPC gain Kano North APCIncumbent re-elected Kano South APCIncumbent re-elected
Katsina State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Katsina Central APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold Katsina North APCIncumbent re-elected Katsina South APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold
Kebbi State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Kebbi Central APCIncumbent re-elected Kebbi North APCIncumbent re-elected Kebbi South APCIncumbent re-elected
Kogi State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Kogi Central PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Kogi East PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Kogi West PDP March 2019 election annulledIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator elected on November 30, 2019APC gain Annulled election:
Rerun election:
Kwara State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Kwara Central PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Kwara North PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Kwara South PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain
Lagos State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Lagos Central APCIncumbent re-elected Lagos East APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold Lagos West APCIncumbent re-elected
Nasarawa State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Nasarawa North PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Nasarawa South PDPIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Nasarawa West APCIncumbent re-elected
Niger State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Niger East APCIncumbent lost renomination after court decisionNew senator electedAPC hold Niger North APCIncumbent re-elected Niger South APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold
Ogun State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Ogun Central PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain Ogun East APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold Ogun West APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold
Ondo State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Ondo Central APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain Ondo North APCIncumbent re-elected Ondo South APCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain
Osun State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Osun Central APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedAPC hold Osun East APCIncumbent lost renominationNew senator electedPDP gain Osun West PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain
Oyo State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Oyo Central ADCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedAPC gain Oyo North APCIncumbent re-elected Oyo South ADCIncumbent lost re-electionNew senator electedPDP gain
Plateau State
District Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Plateau Central APCIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC hold Plateau North PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedPDP hold Plateau South PDPIncumbent retiredNew senator electedAPC gain
Rivers State