Full List of Registered Political parties in Nigeria : In Nigeria, 18 registered political parties have been approved by INEC for the 2023 general election, compared to 91 in 2019.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was founded under the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution to, among other things, organize elections for various political posts in the country. INEC’s responsibilities are outlined in Section 15, Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution (As Amended), and Section 2 of the Electoral Act 2010. (As Amended).
List of 18 Registered Political parties in Nigeria for 2023 Election.
| S/N |
Party Name |
Party Acronym |
| 1. |
Accord |
A |
| 2. |
Action Alliance |
AA |
| 3. |
Action Democratic Party |
ADP |
| 4. |
Action Peoples Party |
APP |
| 5. |
African Action Congress |
AAC |
| 6. |
African Democratic Congress |
ADC |
| 7. |
All Progressives Congress |
APC |
| 8. |
All Progressives Grand Alliance |
APGA |
| 9. |
Allied Peoples Movement |
APM |
| 10. |
Boot Party |
BP |
| 11. |
Labour Party |
LP |
| 12. |
National Rescue Movement |
NRM |
| 13. |
New Nigeria Peoples Party |
NNPP |
| 14. |
Peoples Democratic Party |
PDP |
| 15. |
Peoples Redemption Party |
PRP |
| 16. |
Social Democratic Party |
SDP |
| 17. |
Young Progressive Party |
YPP |
| 18. |
Zenith Labour Party |
ZLP |
Accord A, Action Alliance AA, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Action Peoples Party (APP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Boot Party (BP), Labour Party (LP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Revolt Party (PR (ZLP)
Below is the full list of registered political parties in Nigeria as at 2022
- A – Accord
- AA – Action Alliance
- ACD – Advanced Congress of Democrats
- ACPN – Alliance Congress Party of Nigeria
- AD – Alliance for Democracy
- ADC – African Democratic Congress
- APA – African Peoples Alliance
- APC – All Progressives Congress
- APGA – All Progressives Grand Alliance
- CPP – Citizens Popular Party
- DPC – Democratic Peoples Congress
- DPP – Democratic Peoples Party
- FRESH – Fresh Democratic Party
- HDP – Hope Democratic Party
- ID – Independent Democrats
- KP – Kowa Party
- LP – Labour Party
- MPPP – Mega Progressive Peoples Party
- NCP – National Conscience Party
- NNPP – New Nigeria Peoples Party
- PDC – People For Democratic Change
- PDM – Peoples Democratic Movement
- PDP – Peoples Democratic Party
- PPA – Progressive Peoples Alliance
- PPN – Peoples Party of Nigeria
- SDP – Social Democratic Party
- UDP – United Democratic Party
- UPN – Unity Party of Nigeria
- UPP – United Progressive Party
