List of political parties in Nigeria

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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists 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), Boot Party (BP) and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Current parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology Senate House of
Representatives 		Governors State Assemblies
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | All Progressives Congress APC 2013 Template:Nowrap Centre Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Peoples Democratic Party PDP 1998 Iyorchia Ayu Centre-right Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Labour Party LP 2002 Julius Abure Centre-left Social democracy Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | New Nigeria People's Party NNPP 2020<ref>Official Twitter account</ref> Rufai Ahmed Alkali Syncretic<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA 2003 Victor Oye Big tent Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Social Democratic Party SDP 1989 Vacant Centre-left Social democracy Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | African Democratic Congress ADC 2005 David Mark Big tent Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Young Progressives Party YPP 2017 Bishop Amakiri Centre-left Social democracy Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar

Other parties represented in state assemblies

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology State Assemblies
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Zenith Labour Party ZLP Unknown Dan Nwanyanwu Big tent Template:Ubl Template:Composition bar
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Action Democratic Party ADP 2017 Yabagi Sani Centre Third Way Template:Composition bar

Extra-parliamentary parties

Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Accord A 2010 Mohammad Lawal Nalado Big tent Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Action AllianceTemplate:Efn AA 2005 Template:Nowrap Big tent Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | African Action Congress AAC 2018 Leonard Nzenwa (Acting) Left-wing Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Allied Peoples Movement APM 2018 Yusuf Mamman Dantalle Big tent Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Action Peoples Party APP Unknown Uchenna Nnadi Big tent Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Boot Party BP 2019 Template:Nowrap Big tent Template:Ubl
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Template:Nowrap NRM 2017 Isaac Chigozie Udeh Big tent Template:Ubl

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Unregistered parties

The following 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

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Historical parties

First Republic

Second Republic

Third Republic

Abacha era

Fourth Republic

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See also

References

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