All 3 Abia State seats in the Senate of Nigeria were up for election alongside the presidential and House of Representatives elections on 25 February 2023.
All 8 Abia State seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeria were up for election alongside the presidential and Senate elections on 25 February 2023.
Incumbent PDP Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was re-elected to a second term in 2019 with 60.26% of the vote. He was term-limited in 2023 and could not seek re-election for a third term.
For the APC, two parallel primaries were held with one faction holding an indirect primary at the Chidiebere Arena while the other faction held a direct primary (citing a national APC directive for a direct primary in Abia) that carried on into the next day. After both primaries were peacefully held, the Chidiebere Arena primary ended in economist Ikechi Emenike winning by a wide margin while the direct primary resulted in a victory for former minister Uche Ogah.[21][22] INEC recognised Emenike as the legitimate nominee in July 2022 after a court ruled in his favour.[23]
In the APGA primary, Gregory Ibe (an academic administrator) defeated his three opponents with around 54% of the delegates' votes. While the party accepted his nomination, second runner-up Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma rejected the results.[24]
In the PDP primary, Uche Ikonne (an optometrist and academic administrator) emerged victorious after almost all of his opponents withdrew on the day of the primary. Reasons for withdrawal were split between those claimed that Ikpeazu's tacit support for Ikonne along with doctored delegate lists removed any fairness from the primary and those that dropped out to support Ikonne. Ikonne defeated the two remaining candidates with over 80% of the vote in an indirect primary on 25 May.[25]
The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission announced local elections for 28 April.[2]
Notes
^This senator was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to APGA during their term.
^This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the LP during their term.
^This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to APGA during their term.
^House member defected to new party after withdrawing from or losing their former party's primary.
^This House member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC during their term.
^The 2019 elections in the APGA-held constituencies of Arochukwu and Aba South were partially voided and supplementary elections called. Although APGA retained the seats in the supplementary elections, the elections were held in early 2020 so the party's 2019 total is 1 seat.
^The 2019 elections in the constituencies of Arochukwu and Aba South were partially voided and supplementary elections called. As the supplementary elections were held in early 2020, the post-2019 elections vacancy total is 2 seats.
