The 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.
Electoral system The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.
Background In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji (PDP-Umuahia Central) as Speaker. In other Abia elections, incumbent PDP Governor Okezie Ikpeazu won in a landslide but federal elections were closer as the PDP lost ground by only winning seven House of Representatives seats and two Senate seats compared to all nine House seats and all three Senate seats in 2015. For the presidency, Abia was easily won by PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had strikingly low turnout.
During the term, a number of defections shifting the main opposition position from APGA to the APC with Chijioke Chukwu (APC-Bende North) becoming Minority Leader in June 2021. Other key events included corruption investigations into Orji and his brief arrest by the EFCC, the formal reprimand of Chukwu for his criticism of Ikpeazu, a court judgement barring MHA Obinna Ichita (APGA-Aba South) from "defamatory statements", an aborted attempt to impeach the Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader, and the resignation of Majority Chief Whip Munachim Alozie (Ugwunagbo) to join the Labour Party.
Overview AffiliationPartyTotal PDPAPCAPGALP YPPPrevious Election 19 2 1 0 0 24Before Election 18 3 1 2 0 24After Election 11 1 0 10 2 24
Summary Constituency Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Aba Central PDPIncumbent nominated Aba North PDPIncumbent renominated Aba South APGAIncumbent retiring Arochukwu APCIncumbent nominated Bende North APCIncumbent renominated Bende South PDPIncumbent renominated Ikwuano PDPIncumbent renominated Isiala Ngwa North LPIncumbent retiring Isiala Ngwa South PDPIncumbent retiring Isuikwuato APCIncumbent renominated Obingwa East PDPIncumbent renominated Obingwa West PDPStatus unknown Ohafia North PDPIncumbent renominated Ohafia South PDPIncumbent retiring Osisioma North PDPIncumbent renominated Osisioma South PDPIncumbent renominated Ugwunagbo LPIncumbent retiring Ukwa East PDPStatus unknown Ukwa West PDPIncumbent renominated Umuahia Central PDPIncumbent retiring Umuahia East PDPIncumbent retiring Umuahia North PDPIncumbent retiring Umuahia South PDPIncumbent renominated Umunneochi PDPIncumbent retiring
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See also 2023 Nigerian elections 2023 Nigerian House of Assembly elections
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