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2023 Abia State House of Assembly election
← 2019 11 March 2023 2027 →
All 24 seats in the Abia State House of Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party PDP APC
Last election 19 2
Seats before 18 3
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party LP APGA
Last election 0 1[note 1]
Seats before 2 1
Speaker before election

Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji
PDP

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1][2] It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.

Electoral system

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The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

Background

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In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji (PDP-Umuahia Central) as Speaker.[3] In other Abia elections, incumbent PDP Governor Okezie Ikpeazu won in a landslide but federal elections were closer as the PDP lost ground by only winning seven House of Representatives seats and two Senate seats compared to all nine House seats and all three Senate seats in 2015. For the presidency, Abia was easily won by PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had strikingly low turnout.

During the term, a number of defections shifting the main opposition position from APGA to the APC with Chijioke Chukwu (APC-Bende North) becoming Minority Leader in June 2021.[4] Other key events included corruption investigations into Orji and his brief arrest by the EFCC, the formal reprimand of Chukwu for his criticism of Ikpeazu, a court judgement barring MHA Obinna Ichita (APGA-Aba South) from "defamatory statements", an aborted attempt to impeach the Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader, and the resignation of Majority Chief Whip Munachim Alozie (Ugwunagbo) to join the Labour Party.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
PDP APC APGA LP Vacant
Previous Election 19 2 1[note 2] 0 2[note 3] 24
Before Election 18 3 1 2 0 24
After Election TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 24

Summary

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Constituency Incumbent Results
Incumbent Party Status Candidates
Aba Central Abraham Oba PDP[note 4] Incumbent nominated
Aba North Aaron Uzodike PDP Incumbent renominated
Aba South Obinna Ichita APGA Incumbent retiring
Arochukwu Onyekwere Mike Ukoha APC[note 5] Incumbent nominated
Bende North Chijioke Chukwu APC Incumbent renominated
Bende South Emmanuel Ndubuisi PDP Incumbent renominated
Ikwuano Stanley Nwabuisi PDP Incumbent renominated
Isiala Ngwa North Ginger Obinna Onwusibe LP[note 6] Incumbent retiring
Isiala Ngwa South Chikwendu Kalu PDP Incumbent retiring
Isuikwuato Emeka Okoroafor APC Incumbent renominated
Obingwa East Solomon Akpulonu PDP Incumbent renominated
Obingwa West A.C. Thomas Nkoro PDP[11] Status unknown
Ohafia North Egwuronu Obasi PDP Incumbent renominated
Ohafia South Ifeanyi Uchendu PDP Incumbent retiring
Osisioma North Kennedy Njoku PDP Incumbent renominated
Osisioma South Nnamdi Allen Nwachukwu PDP Incumbent renominated
Ugwunagbo Munachim Alozie LP[note 6] Incumbent retiring
Ukwa East Paul Taribo PDP Status unknown
Ukwa West Godwin Adiele PDP Incumbent renominated
Umuahia Central Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji PDP Incumbent retiring
Umuahia East Chukwudi Apugo PDP Incumbent retiring[13]
Umuahia North Kelechi Onuzuruike PDP Incumbent retiring
Umuahia South Jeremiah Ogonnaya Uzosike PDP Incumbent renominated
Umunneochi Okey Igwe PDP Incumbent retiring

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ This House member was elected as a member of APGA but switched to the PDP during their term.
  5. ^ This House member was elected as a member of APGA but switched to the APC during their term.
  6. ^ a b This House member was elected as a member of PDP but switched to the LP during their term.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oyekanmi, Rotimi (26 February 2022). "It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25". INEC News. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ikokwu, Ogbonnaya (10 June 2019). "Abia Assembly elects Orji as new Speaker". The Punch. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ Emeruwa, Chijindu (18 June 2021). "Abia Assembly gets new Minority Leader". Daily Post. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ Nwezeh, Kingsley. "EFCC Investigates Theodore Orji, Son for Alleged Diversion of N551bn". ThisDay. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ^ Sanni, Kunle. "EFCC arrests ex-governor at airport, detains him, son". Premium Times. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ Emeruwa, Chijindu (5 April 2021). "Abia Assembly cautions member over negative utterances against Ikpeazu". Daily Post. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ Oko, Steve. "APGA cries foul as court bars only lawmaker in Abia assembly from defamatory statements". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ Alaribe, Ugochukwu. "Trouble in Abia Assembly over move to impeach Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ Nwakanma, Sunday (24 February 2022). "Abia Assembly adjourns as deputy speaker, majority leader escape sack". The Punch. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu "FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIONS - Governorship & Houses of Assembly" (PDF). Independent National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Kcee's Manager, Dike Chidozie Wins Ohafia South House Of Assembly Primary". New Telegraph. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  13. ^ Oko, Steve. "ABIA 2023: Charter of equity favours Old Aba Division — Apugo". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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