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2023 Governorship Election

March 18, 202328 States

Multi-state governorship summary showing states won across the election cycle. Use state pages or INEC records for deeper vote breakdowns.

Source

INEC state declarations aggregated by CivicNG

This page aggregates governorship outcomes across the contested states listed for that cycle. It summarizes states won, not the underlying full vote sheets for every state contest.

As-of date

March 18, 2023

The summary is anchored to the election cycle date shown here. Use official state declarations and later court records for any state-specific updates.

Coverage depth

Multi-state outcome summary

This page is a state-wins summary across all contested governorship races in that cycle. It is not a polling-unit, ward, or per-state vote-sheet archive.

Dispute note

Check official notices and court records

Multiple 2023 governorship outcomes were challenged in court. This page keeps the declared state-win summary visible but does not replace tribunal or appellate records.

Official references: INEC official website · INEC result portal

Result summaries with source context

This page is a sourced summary layer for public understanding. Official result certification, tribunal rulings, and INEC notices remain the authoritative record where disputes arise.

  • Published numbers on this page are intended for public reference, not to replace official collation documents.
  • Contested races keep the official result record visible while adding context about disputes separately.
  • Election dataset provenance, freshness, and known ingestion caveats now live on the election data sources page.

Official certification and court outcomes take precedence over summary copy.

28

States Contested

15 states

APC Wins

9 states

PDP Wins

2 states

LP & NNPP Wins

7+

Contested in Court

Vote Share by Candidate

Vote Distribution

2023 Governorship Election Results

Party totals — figures show states won across all contests

#PartyPartyStates%Share
1
APCWinner
APC1553.6%
2
PDP
PDP932.1%
3
LP
LP13.6%
4
NNPP
NNPP13.6%
5
Others
Various27.1%

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