2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti State

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Registered987,647
Turnout31.84%
2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti State
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25 February 2023
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Registered987,647
Turnout31.84%
 
Nominee Bola Tinubu Atiku Abubakar Peter Obi
Party APC PDP LP
Home state Lagos Adamawa Anambra
Running mate Kashim Shettima Ifeanyi Okowa Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed
Popular vote 201,486 89,554 11,397
Percentage 65.38% 29.06% 3.70%
Results
Tinubu:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
President before election

Muhammadu Buhari
APC

 Elected President

TBD

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti 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.[1] 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.

Bola Tinubu—the nominee of the All Progressives Congress—ultimately won the state by over 110,000 votes, a 36% margin, over runner-up Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.[2] The other two major contenders, Peter Obi (Labour Party) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (New Nigeria Peoples Party), trailed with just 3.7% and 0.09%, respectively.[2]

Ekiti State is a small, Yoruba-majority southwestern state with vast natural areas but facing an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector, high unemployment, and rising debt. The state also has to contend with insecurity with abated, but still present, conflict between herders and farmers in the state's rural areas.[3]

The state's 2019 elections categorized by a massive swing to the APC as its presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari won the state back after the PDP had won it in 2015. Legislatively the APC also gained ground, winning all two Senate seats, all six House of Representatives seats, and control of the House of Assembly. Two years later, Abiodun Oyebanji retained the gubernatorial office for the APC, winning with 53% of the vote.[4]

Polling

Polling organisation/client Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 Others Undecided Undisclosed Not voting
Tinubu
APC		 Obi
LP		 Kwankwaso
NNPP		 Abubakar
PDP
BantuPage January 2023 N/A 31% 14% 0% 5% – 36% 8% 6%
Nextier
(Ekiti crosstabs of national poll)		 27 January 2023 N/A 22.4% 36.2% 6.9% 34.5% – – – –
SBM Intelligence for EiE
(Ekiti crosstabs of national poll)		 22 January-6 February 2023 N/A 56% 9% 3% 15% 1% 15% – –

Projections

Source Projection As of
Africa Elects[a][5] Safe Tinubu 24 February 2023
Dataphyte[b][6]
Tinubu: 38.33% 11 February 2023
Obi: 33.52%
Abubakar: 15.47%
Others: 12.62%
Enough is Enough-
SBM Intelligence[c][7]		 Tinubu 17 February 2023
SBM Intelligence[d][8] Tinubu 15 December 2022
ThisDay[e][9]
Tinubu: 45% 27 December 2022
Obi: 10%
Kwankwaso: –
Abubakar: 20%
Others/Undecided: 20%
The Nation[f][10][11] Tinubu 12-19 February 2023

General election

See also

Notes

References

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