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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

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### Parties represented in the National Assembly

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Party  | Founded  | Chairperson  | Position  | Ideology  | Senate | House of
Representatives | Governors | State Assemblies

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| All Progressives Congress | APC  | 2013  | Abdullahi Adamu | Centre |

* Big tent
Buharism
Social conservatism

59 / 109

190 / 360

22 / 36

570 / 991

| Peoples Democratic Party | PDP  | 1998  | Iyorchia Ayu | Centre-right |

* Social conservatism
* Economic liberalism

38 / 109

119 / 360

13 / 36

325 / 991

| Labour Party | LP  | 2002  | Julius Abure | Centre-left | Social democracy |

8 / 109

34 / 360

1 / 36

26 / 991

| New Nigeria People's Party | NNPP  | 2020[1] | Rufai Ahmed Alkali  | Syncretic[2] | Third Position |

2 / 109

18 / 360

1 / 36

26 / 991

| All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA  | 2003  | Victor Oye  | Big tent |

* Nationalism
* Decentralization
* Progressivism

1 / 109

4 / 360

1 / 36

19 / 991

| Social Democratic Party | SDP  | 1989  | Vacant | Centre-left | Social democracy |

2 / 109

2 / 360

0 / 36

0 / 991

| African Democratic Congress | ADC  | 2005  | Ralph Okey Nwosu  | Big tent |

* Pan-Africanism

1 / 109

2 / 360

0 / 36

1 / 991

| Young Progressives Party | YPP  | 2017  | Bishop Amakiri  | Centre-left | Social democracy |

0 / 109

2 / 360

0 / 36

2 / 991

### Other parties represented in state assemblies

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Party  | Founded  | Chairperson  | Position  | Ideology  | State Assemblies

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| Zenith Labour Party | ZLP  | Unknown  | Dan Nwanyanwu | Big tent |

* Reformism

2 / 991

| Action Democratic Party | ADP  | 2017  | Yabagi Sani | Centre | Third Way |

1 / 991

### Extra-parliamentary parties

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Party  | Founded  | Chairperson  | Position  | Ideology

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| Accord | A  | 2010  | Mohammad Lawal Nalado  | Big tent |

* Populism
* Economic interventionism

| Action Alliance[a] | AA  | 2005  | Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje | Big tent |

* Reformism

| African Action Congress | AAC  | 2018  | Leonard Nzenwa (Acting) | Left-wing |

* Social democracy
* Progressivism
* Participatory democracy

| Allied Peoples Movement | APM  | 2018  | Yusuf Mamman Dantalle  | Big tent |

* Decentralization
* Sustainable development

| Action Peoples Party  | APP  | Unknown  | Uchenna Nnadi  | Big tent |

* Populism
* Economic interventionism

| Boot Party  | BP  | 2019  | Sonny Adenuga | Big tent |

* Reformism

| National Rescue Movement | NRM  | 2017  | Isaac Chigozie Udeh  | Big tent |

* Reformism

1. ^ Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)

### Unregistered parties

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These 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.[3][4][5][6] 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.[7][8] 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.

* Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
* Advanced Allied Party (AAP)
* Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
* Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP)
* Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
* African People Alliance (APA)
* All Blended Party (ABP)
* All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP)
* All Grassroots Alliance (AGA)
* Alliance National Party (ANP)
* Alliance Of Social Democrats (ASD)
* Alliance for Democracy (AD)
* Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
* Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN)
* Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN)
* Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN)
* Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)
* Change Advocacy Party (CAP)
* Change Nigeria Party (CNP)
* Coalition For Change (C4C)
* Communist Party of Nigeria (CPN)
* Congress of Patriots (COP)
* Democratic Alternative (DA)
* Democratic People's Party (DPP)
* Democratic People’s Congress (DPC)
* Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
* Freedom And Justice Party (FJP)
* Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
* Grassroots Development Party Of Nigeria (GDPN)
* Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)
* Hope Democratic Party (HDP)
* Independent Democrats (ID)
* Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
* KOWA Party (KP)
* Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN)
* Liberation Movement (LM)
* Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA)
* Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
* Mega Party Of Nigeria (MPN)
* Modern Democratic Party (MDP)
* Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)
* Movement of the People (MOP)
* National Action Council (NAC)
* National Conscience Party (NCP)
* National Democratic Liberty Party (NDLP)
* National Interest Party (NIP)
* National Unity Party (NUP)
* New Generations Party of Nigeria (NGP)
* New Progressive Movement (NPM)
* Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP)
* Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP)
* Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP)
* Nigeria For Democracy (NFD)
* Nigeria People’s Congress (NPC)
* People for Democratic Change (PDC)
* People's Progressive Party (PPP)
* People’s Democratic Movement (PDM)
* People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN)
* People’s Trust (PT)
* Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
* Providence People's Congress (PPC)
* Re-Build Nigeria Party (RBNP)
* Reform and Advancement Party (RAP)
* Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
* Save Nigeria Congress (SNC)
* Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)
* Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
* Sustainable National Party (SNP)
* United Democratic Party (UDP)
* United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
* United Patriots (UP)
* United People's Congress (UPC)
* United Progressive Party (UPP)
* Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
* We The People Nigeria (WTPN)
* Yes Electorates Solidarity (YES)
* Young Democratic Party (YDP)
* Youth Party (YP)

## Historical parties

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### First Republic

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* Action Group
* Kano People's Party
* National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
* Nigerian National Democratic Party
* Northern Elements Progressive Union
* Northern People's Congress
* United Middle Belt Congress

### Second Republic

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* Greater Nigerian People's Party (GNPP)
* Movement of the People Party (MPP)
* National Party of Nigeria (NPN)
* Nigeria Advance Party (NAP)
* Nigerian People's Party (NPP)
* People's Redemption Party (PRP)
* Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

### Third Republic

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* National Republican Convention (NRC)
* Social Democratic Party (SDP)

### Abacha era

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* Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN)
* Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM)
* National Democratic Coalition (NADECO)
* United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP)

### Fourth Republic

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* Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
* African Renaissance Party (ARP)
* All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM)
* All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
* All People's Party (APP)
* All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
* Alliance for Democracy (AD)
* Citizens Popular Party (CPP)
* Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)
* Grassroot Patriotic Party (GPP)
* National Democratic Party (NDP)
* New Democrats (ND)
* Nigeria Poor People Party (NPPP)
* People's Democratic People (PDP)
* People's Salvation Party (PSP)

## See also

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* Politics of Nigeria
* Lists of political parties; categories by country and ideology

## References

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1. ^ Official Twitter account
2. ^ "Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
3. ^ Sanni, Kunle. "UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
4. ^ "Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties". Vanguard. News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
5. ^ Ajayi, Omeiza. "Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
6. ^ Kwen, James (2020-02-06). "INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
7. ^ Ikhilae, Eric. "Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
8. ^ Nwisagbo, Lesi (7 May 2021). "Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties". The Punch. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

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Political parties in Nigeria

Major parties|

* All Progressives Congress
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Other parties|

| Larger 1|

* African Democratic Congress
* All Progressives Grand Alliance
* New Nigeria People's Party
* Social Democratic Party
* Young Progressives Party

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Smaller 2|

* Accord
* Action Alliance
* Action Democratic Party
* Action Peoples Party
* African Action Congress
* Boot Party
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* People's Redemption Party
* Zenith Labour Party

Defunct major parties|

| First Republic|

* Action Group
* Kano People's Party
* National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
* Nigerian National Democratic Party
* Northern Elements Progressive Union
* Northern People's Congress
* United Middle Belt Congress

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Second Republic|

* Great Nigeria People's Party
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* Nigeria Advance Party
* Nigerian People's Party
* People's Redemption Party
* Unity Party of Nigeria

Third Republic|

* National Republican Convention
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Abacha-era|

* Congress for National Consensus
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* National Centre Party of Nigeria
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* Action Congress of Nigeria
* All Nigeria Peoples Party
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