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), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), 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 ofRepresentatives Governors StateAssemblies All Progressives Congress APC 2013 Centre Peoples Democratic Party PDP 1998 Iyorchia Ayu Centre-right Labour Party LP 2002 Julius Abure Centre-left Social democracy New Nigeria People's PartyNNPP 2020Official Twitter account Rufai Ahmed Alkali Syncretic All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA 2003 Victor Oye Big tent Social Democratic PartySDP 1989 Vacant Centre-left Social democracy African Democratic CongressADC 2005 David Mark Big tent Young Progressives PartyYPP 2017 Bishop Amakiri Centre-left Social democracy
Other parties represented in state assemblies Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology State Assemblies Zenith Labour Party ZLP Unknown Dan Nwanyanwu Big tent Action Democratic PartyADP 2017 Yabagi Sani Centre Third Way
Extra-parliamentary parties Party Founded Chairperson Position Ideology AccordA 2010 Mohammad Lawal Nalado Big tent Action Alliance AA 2005 Big tent African Action Congress AAC 2018 Leonard Nzenwa (Acting) Left-wing Allied Peoples Movement APM 2018 Yusuf Mamman Dantalle Big tent Action Peoples Party APP Unknown Uchenna Nnadi Big tent Boot Party BP 2019 Big tent NRM 2017 Isaac Chigozie Udeh Big tent
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. 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. 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 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
Second Republic 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 National Republican Convention (NRC) Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Abacha era Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM) National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP)
Fourth Republic
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 Politics of Nigeria Lists of political parties; categories by country and ideology
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