2023 Nigerian presidential election: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[2023 Nigerian elections#Federal elections|Other federal elections]], including elections to the [[2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election|House of Representatives]] and the [[2023 Nigerian Senate election|Senate]], will also be held on the same date while [[2023 Nigerian elections#State elections|state elections]] will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March. The winners of the election will be inaugurated on 29 May 2023, the former date of [[Democracy Day (Nigeria)|Democracy Day]].

Party primaries were scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022 with the main parties [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] nominating former [[Vice President of Nigeria|Vice President]] [[Atiku Abubakar]] on 28 May while the [[All Progressives Congress]] nominated former [[Governor of Lagos State]] [[Bola Tinubu]] on 8 June.<ref name="PDP primary results" /><ref name="APC primary results" /> ForThe theless smallerpopular [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]], also nominated former [[Governor of Anambra State]] [[Peter Obi]] was nominated on 30 May 2023.<ref name="LP primary results" /> His popularity however has grown very fast since his nomination albeit the party having little structural coverage nationwide. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi, the social media king, but can he defeat Tinubu, Atiku? - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/06/09/peter-obi-the-social-media-king-but-can-he-defeat-tinubu-atiku/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>. Other nominees as of 13th June 2022 include [[Christopher Imumolen]], [[Hamza al-Mustapha]], [[Yabagi Sani]], [[Omoyele Sowore]], Dumebi Kachikwu, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, Peter Umeadi, Sunday Adenuga, [[Peter Obi]], [[Rabiu Kwankwaso]], Okwudili Nwa-Anyajike, Kola Abiola, Malik Ado-Ibrahim, and [[Dan Nwanyanwu]].

==Electoral system==