List of political parties in Nigeria

This is a list of political parties in Nigeria.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are the Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Current parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

		Founded	Chairperson	Position	Ideology	Senate	House of Representatives	Governors	State Assemblies
All Progressives Congress	APC	2013	Abdullahi Adamu	Centre	Big tent Buharism Social conservatism	59 / 109	190 / 360	22 / 36	570 / 991
Peoples Democratic Party	PDP	1998	Iyorchia Ayu	Centre-right	Social conservatism Economic liberalism	38 / 109	119 / 360	13 / 36	325 / 991
Labour Party	LP	2002	Julius Abure	Centre-left	Social democracy	8 / 109	34 / 360	1 / 36	26 / 991
All Progressives Grand Alliance	APGA	2003	Victor Oye		Big tent Nationalism Decentralization Progressivism	1 / 109	4 / 360	1 / 36	19 / 991
New Nigeria People's Party	NNPP	2020^[1]	Rufai Ahmed Alkali	Syncretic^[2]	Third Position	2 / 109	18 / 360	1 / 36	26 / 991
Young Progressives Party	YPP	2017	Bishop Amakiri	Centre-left	Social democracy	0 / 109	2 / 360	0 / 36	2 / 991
Social Democratic Party	SDP	1989	Vacant	Centre-left	Social democracy	2 / 109	2 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
African Democratic Congress	ADC	2005	Ralph Okey Nwosu		Pan-Africanism	1 / 109	2 / 360	0 / 36	1 / 991

Other parties represented in state assemblies

Party			Founded	Chairperson	Position	Ideology	Senate	House of Representatives	Governors	State Assemblies
	Zenith Labour Party	ZLP	Unknown	Dan Nwanyanwu	Big tent	Reformism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	2 / 991
	Action Democratic Party	ADP	2017	Yabagi Sani	Centre	Third Way	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	1 / 991

Extraparliamentary parties

		Founded	Chairperson	Position	Ideology	Senate	House of Representatives	Governors	State Assemblies
Accord	A	2010 (Inferred date)	Mohammad Lawal Nalado	Big tent	Populism Economic interventionism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
Action Alliance^[a]	AA	2005	Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje	Big tent	Reformism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
African Action Congress	AAC	2018	Leonard Nzenwa (Acting)	Left-wing	Social democracy Progressivism Participatory democracy	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
Allied Peoples Movement	APM	2018	Yusuf Mamman Dantalle	Big tent	Decentralization Sustainable development	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
Action Peoples Party	APP	Unknown	Uchenna Nnadi	Big tent	Populism Economic interventionism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
Boot Party	BP	2019	Sonny Adenuga	Big tent	Reformism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991
National Rescue Movement	NRM	2017	Isaac Chigozie Udeh	Big tent	Reformism	0 / 109	0 / 360	0 / 36	0 / 991

^ Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)

Unregistered parties

These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of continued registration based on their poor performances during the elections.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] However, many of these parties are still organizationally active as the deregistration of 23 of the parties is being challenged in court as of 2022 while the complete deregistration Supreme Court case was only settled in May 2021.^[7]^[8] There are also prospective parties, like the revival of the Movement of the People, where there is yet to be a decision on their registration.

Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
Advanced Allied Party (AAP)
Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP)
Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
African People Alliance (APA)
All Blended Party (ABP)
All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
Alliance National Party (ANP)
Alliance Of Social Democrats (ASD)
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN)
Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN)
Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN)
Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
Change Nigeria Party (CNP)
Coalition For Change (C4C)
Communist Party of Nigeria (CPN)
Congress of Patriots (COP)
Democratic Alternative (DA)
Democratic People's Party (DPP)
Democratic People’s Congress (DPC)
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
Freedom And Justice Party (FJP)
Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
Grassroots Development Party Of Nigeria (GDPN)
Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
Independent Democrats (ID)
Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
KOWA Party (KP)
Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN)
Liberation Movement (LM)
Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
Mega Party Of Nigeria (MPN)
Modern Democratic Party (MDP)
Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)
Movement of the People (MOP)
National Action Council (NAC)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
National Interest Party (NIP)
National Unity Party (NUP)
New Generations Party of Nigeria (NGP)
New Progressive Movement (NPM)
Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP)
Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
Nigeria For Democracy (NFD)
Nigeria People’s Congress (NPC)
People for Democratic Change (PDC)
People's Progressive Party (PPP)
People’s Democratic Movement (PDM)
People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN)
People’s Trust (PT)
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
Providence People's Congress (PPC)
Re-Build Nigeria Party (RBNP)
Reform and Advancement Party (RAP)
Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
Save Nigeria Congress (SNC)
Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
Sustainable National Party (SNP)
United Democratic Party (UDP)
United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
United Patriots (UP)
United People's Congress (UPC)
United Progressive Party (UPP)
Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
We The People Nigeria (WTPN)
Yes Electorates Solidarity (YES)
Young Democratic Party (YDP)
Youth Party (YP)

Historical parties

First Republic

Action Group (AG)
Borno Youth Movement (BYM)
Convention People's Party of Nigeria and the Cameroons
Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroon (DPNC)
Dynamic Party (DP)
Igala Union (IU)
Igbira Tribal Union (ITU)
Kano People's Party (KPP)
Lagos State United Front (LSUF)
Mabolaje Grand Alliance (MGA)
Midwest Democratic Front (MDF)
National Independence Party (NIP)
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons/National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC)
Niger Delta Congress (NDC)
Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
Northern People's Congress (NPC)
Northern Progressive Front (NPF)
Republican Party (RP)
United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC)
United National Independence Party (UNIP)
Zamfara Commoners Party (ZCP)

Second Republic

Third Republic

National Republican Convention (NRC)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)

Abacha era

Fourth Republic

References

^ Official Twitter account
^ "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
^ Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
^ Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[3] Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)

[1] Official Twitter account

[2] "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[4] Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[5] "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[6] Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[7] Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

[8] Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[9] Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

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