The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Edo State was held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, were also held on the same date while state elections were held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Background The 2023 Nigerian Presidential election in Edo state was held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide presidential election organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Edo state is located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, has historically been politically competitive, with strong support for both the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) in previous election.
In the 2019 presidential election, the APC won the state, reflecting the party's influence at the federal level at the time. However, the political environment ahead of the 2023 election saw shifting alliances and growing public engagement, particularly among youth voters. The emergence of the Labour Party candidate Peter Obi as a prominent third party contender altered the traditional two-party dynamics in many states including Edo. INEC reported that over 2.5 million voters were registered from Edo State for the 2023 election, with hundreds of thousands accredited to vote on election day.
Polling Polling organisation/clientFieldworkdateSamplesizeOthersUndecidedUndisclosedNot votingTinubuAPCObiLPKwankwasoNNPPAbubakarPDP BantuPageDecember 2022N/A3%64%5%5%–11%9%5% BantuPageJanuary 2023N/A15%56%0%5%–4%5%2% Nextier(Edo crosstabs of national poll)27 January 2023N/A2.6%76.9%–9.0%1.3%10.3%–– SBM Intelligence for EiE(Edo crosstabs of national poll)22 January-6 February 2023N/A3%61%–10%2%23%––
Projections Source ProjectionAs of Likely Obi24 February 2023DataphyteTinubu: 25.14% 11 February 2023Obi: 31.46%Abubakar: 25.14%Others: 18.25%Enough is Enough- Obi17 February 2023SBM Intelligence Obi15 December 2022ThisDayTinubu: 15% 27 December 2022Obi: 35%Kwankwaso: –Abubakar: 35%Others/Undecided: 15% Battleground12-19 February 2023
General election Results According to official results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Labour Party candidate Peter Obi won the presidential election in Edo State with 331,163 votes. The APC candidate Bola Tinubu received 144,471 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP secured 89,585 votes. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) received 2,743 votes
By senatorial district The results of the election by senatorial district. Senatorial district Bola TinubuAPC Atiku AbubakarPDP Peter ObiLP Rabiu KwankwasoNNPP Others Total valid votes Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Edo Central Senatorial District TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD Edo North Senatorial District TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD Edo South Senatorial District TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD !Totals TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD % TBD
By federal constituency The results of the election by federal constituency. +Federal ConstituencyBola Tinubu (APC) %Atiku Abubakar (PDP)%Peter Obi (LP) %Rabiu Kwankwanso (NNPC)%Others votes%Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency19,45649.510,51326.808,47121.5 1830.47 6111.5639,234Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency13,24410.612, 65910.293,90275.767220.583,4162.76123,943Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben Federal Constituency10,29418.09,85217.235,43461.973250.571,2742.2357,179Esan North East/Esan South East Federal Constituency4,43511.33,5369.0330,30677.382060.536821.7439,165Etsako East/Etsako West/Etsako Central Federal Constituency25,95147.917,63132.579,24217.073140.589931.8354,131Oredo Federal Constituency6,2598.773,9235.4958,92982.543770.531,9082.6771,396Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde Federal Constituency9,83025.087,20718.3921,08453.792150.558632.2039199Ovia North East/Ovia South West Federal Constituency12,80224.408.08215.4030,02657.22 2700.511,2922.4652,472Owan East/Owan West Federal Constituency10,31040.667,90831.196,56825.9 1530.664151.6425,354 Totals (Edo State)
Totals (Edo State) +CandidateVote%Peter Obi (LP)293,96258.70Bola Tinubu (APC)112,58122.47Atiku Abubakar (PDP)81,31116.23Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP)2,7650.55Others11,4542.29Total Valid Votes501,973100
By local government area The results of the election by local government area. +Federal constituencyBola Tinubu APCAtiku Abubakar PDPPeter Obi LPRabiu Kwankwaso NNPCOthersTotal valid votesAkoko Edo1945610513847118361139,234Egor887767283026318674246,796 Esan Central4,4583,69210,1929132918,762 Esan North-East2,5892,09118,97314643824,237 Esan South-East1,8461,44511,3336024414,928 Esan West3,4172,63018,79317072125,731 Etsako Central6,0353,4502,7916618012,522 Etsako East6,4654,0402,4687422213,269 Etsako West13,45110,1413,98317459128,340 Igueben2,4193,5306,4496422412,686 Ikpoba Okha4,3675,93163,6395362,67477,147 Oredo6,2593,92358,9293771,90871,396 Orihionmwon6,5274,6689,04912154220,907 Ovia North-East5,1103,66021,62417050430,768 Ovia South-West7,6924,7228,40210078821,704 Owan East5,3244,2073,6108221113,434 Owan West4,9863,7012,9587120411,920 Uhunmwonde3,3032,53912,0359432118,292 See also 2023 Nigerian elections 2023 Nigerian presidential election
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