2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State

25 February 2023
Registered	2,172,056
Nominee Bola Tinubu Peter Obi Party APC LP Home state Lagos Anambra Running mate Kashim Shettima Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed   Nominee Rabiu Kwankwaso Atiku Abubakar Party New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP Home state Kano Adamawa Running mate Isaac Idahosa Ifeanyi Okowa
President before election Muhammadu Buhari APC Elected President TBD

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto 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 2023.

Background

Sokoto State is a large northwestern state with agricultural and energy potential but facing a debilitated health sector, low education rates, and intense challenges in security as the nationwide kidnapping epidemic, bandit conflict, religious riots, and herder–farmer clashes have all heavily affected the state.

Politically, the 2019 elections were categorized as a swing back towards the PDP. Although Buhari won the state again (by 15%), Sokoto was the state that swung the most towards the PDP in the presidential election; legislatively, the PDP held its one Senate seat after a court ruling and won four House of Representatives seats after the APC won all legislative seats in 2015. Statewise, incumbent Governor Aminu Tambuwal won re-election by about 300 votes while the APC won a narrow majority in the House of Assembly.

Polling

Polling organisation/client	Fieldwork date	Sample size					Others	Undecided	Undisclosed	Not voting
			Tinubu APC	Obi LP	Kwankwaso NNPP	Abubakar PDP
BantuPage	December 2022	N/A	32%	4%	2%	30%	–	23%	5%	3%
Nextier (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll)	27 January 2023	N/A	18.2%	5.2%	9.1%	18.2%	–	6.5%	–	–
SBM Intelligence for EiE (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll)	22 January-6 February 2023	N/A	16%	38%	5%	23%	6%	11%	–	–

Projections

Source	Projection		As of
Africa Elects[a][2]	Likely Abubakar		24 February 2023
Dataphyte[b][3]
	Tinubu:	28.49%	11 February 2023
	Obi:	8.32%
	Abubakar:	56.89%
	Others:	6.31%
Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence[c][4]	Abubakar		17 February 2023
SBM Intelligence[d][5]	Abubakar		15 December 2022
ThisDay[e][6]
	Tinubu:	35%	27 December 2022
	Obi:	–
	Kwankwaso:	15%
	Abubakar:	40%
	Others/Undecided:	10%
The Nation[f][7][8]	Battleground		12-19 February 2023

General election

Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	A	Christopher Imumolen
	AA	Hamza al-Mustapha
	ADP	Yabagi Sani
	APP	Osita Nnadi
	AAC	Omoyele Sowore
	ADC	Dumebi Kachikwu
	APC	Bola Tinubu
	APGA	Peter Umeadi
	APM	Princess Chichi Ojei
	BP	Sunday Adenuga
	LP	Peter Obi
	NRM	Felix Johnson Osakwe
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Rabiu Kwankwaso
	PRP	Kola Abiola
	PDP	Atiku Abubakar
	SDP	Adewole Adebayo
	YPP	Malik Ado-Ibrahim
	ZLP	Dan Nwanyanwu
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

By senatorial district

The results of the election by senatorial district.

Senatorial District	Bola Tinubu APC		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Sokoto East Senatorial District[g]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Sokoto North Senatorial District[h]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Sokoto South Senatorial District[i]	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 Constituency	Bola Tinubu APC		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Binji/Silame Federal Constituency[j]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Dange-Shuni/Bodinga/Tureta Federal Constituency[k]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Goronyo/Gada Federal Constituency[l]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Illela/Gwadabawa Federal Constituency[m]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency[n]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency[o]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency[p]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Sokoto North/Sokoto South Federal Constituency[q]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency[r]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency[s]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency[t]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

Local government area	Bola Tinubu APC		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes	Turnout (%)
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Binji	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Bodinga	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Dange Shuni	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Gada	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Goronyo	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Gudu	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Gwadabawa	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Illela	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Isa	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Kebbe	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Kware	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Rabah	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Sabon Birni	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Shagari	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Silame	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Sokoto North	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Sokoto South	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Tambuwal	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Tangaza	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Tureta	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Wamako	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Wurno	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Yabo	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%
Totals	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%

See also

• 2023 Sokoto State elections
• 2023 Nigerian presidential election

Notes

1. Africa Elects projections predict the likelihood of a candidate winning a state by categorizing a state as "Safe" for exceedingly likely, "Likely" for somewhat likely, and "Lean" for least likely. If no clear determination could be made, states are categorized as "tossups".
2. Dataphyte projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
3. EiE-SBM projections predict which candidates will win states.
4. SBM projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Too close to call" (TCC).
5. ThisDay projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
6. The Nation projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Battlegrounds."
7. Comprising the local government areas of Gada, Goronyo, Gwadabawa, Illela, Isa, Rabah, Sabon Birni, and Wurno.
8. Comprising the local government areas of Binji, Gudu, Kware, Silame, Sokoto North, Sokoto South, Tangaza, and Wamako.
9. Comprising the local government areas of Bodinga, Dange Shuni, Kebbe, Shagari, Tambuwal, Tureta, and Yabo.
10. Comprising the local government areas of Binji and Silame.
11. Comprising the local government areas of Bodinga, Dange Shuni, and Tureta.
12. Comprising the local government areas of Gada and Goronyo.
13. Comprising the local government areas of Gwadabawa and Illela.
14. Comprising the local government areas of Isa and Sabon Birni.
15. Comprising the local government areas of Kebbe and Tambuwal.
16. Comprising the local government areas of Kware and Wamako.
17. Comprising the local government areas of Sokoto North and Sokoto South.
18. Comprising the local government areas of Gudu and Tangaza.
19. Comprising the local government areas of Rabah and Wurno.
20. Comprising the local government areas of Shagari and Yabo.

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