The 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election took place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Akwa Ibom 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 Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Uruan) as Speaker. In other Akwa Ibom elections, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (PDP) won in a landslide. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senates and ten House of Representatives seats as the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had lower turnout.
Key events during the legislative term included the belated swearing-in of the Assembly's sole APC member—Effiong Johnson (Mbo)—in December 2019, reports on systemic misappropriation of public funds and corruption by the Assembly, and votes on various constitutional amendments in July 2022.
Overview AffiliationPartyTotal PDPAPCYPP VacantPrevious Election 24 1 0 1 26Before Election 24 0 2 0 26After Election TBD TBD TBD TBD 26
Summary Constituency Incumbent ResultsIncumbentPartyStatusCandidates Abak PDPIncumbent renominated Eket PDPIncumbent retiring Esit Eket/Ibeno YPPIncumbent lost renominationIncumbent nominated by new party Essien Udim PDPIncumbent lost renomination Etim Ekpo/Ika PDPIncumbent renominated Etinan PDPStatus unknown Ibesikpo Asutan PDPIncumbent retiring Ibiono Ibom PDPIncumbent renominated Ikono YPPIncumbent lost renominationIncumbent nominated by new party Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo PDPIncumbent retiring Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara PDPIncumbent retiring Ini PDPStatus unknown Itu PDPIncumbent renominated Mbo PDPIncumbent nominated Mkpat Enin PDPStatus unknown Nsit Atai PDPStatus unknown Nsit Ibom PDPIncumbent retiring Nsit Ubium PDPIncumbent renominated Okobo PDPIncumbent retiring Onna PDPStatus unknown Oron/Udung Uko PDPStatus unknown Oruk Anam PDPStatus unknown Ukanafun PDPIncumbent lost renomination Uruan PDPIncumbent retiring Urue Offong/Oruko PDPStatus unknown Uyo PDPIncumbent retiring
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See also 2023 Nigerian elections 2023 Nigerian House of Assembly elections
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