2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election

2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election
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All 26 seats in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party PDP YPP APC
Last election 24[a] 0 1
Seats before 24 2 0
Speaker before election

Aniekan Bassey
PDP

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election took place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Akwa Ibom 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

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

Background

In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Uruan) as Speaker.[3] In other Akwa Ibom elections, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (PDP) won in a landslide. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senates and ten House of Representatives seats as the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had lower turnout.

Key events during the legislative term included the belated swearing-in of the Assembly's sole APC member—Effiong Johnson[b] (Mbo)—in December 2019, reports on systemic misappropriation of public funds and corruption by the Assembly, and votes on various constitutional amendments in July 2022.[4][5][6][7]

Overview

Affiliation Party Total
PDP APC YPP Vacant
Previous Election 24[a] 1 0 1[c] 26
Before Election 24 0 2 0 26
After Election TBD TBD TBD TBD 26

Summary

Constituency Incumbent Results
Incumbent Party Status Candidates
Abak Udeme Otong PDP Incumbent renominated
Eket David Lawrence Udofa PDP Incumbent retiring
Esit Eket/Ibeno Usoro Akpanusoh[d] YPP[e] Incumbent lost renomination
Incumbent nominated by new party
Essien Udim Esse Umoh PDP Incumbent lost renomination
Etim Ekpo/Ika Mfon Idung PDP Incumbent renominated
Etinan Aniefiok Dennis Akpan PDP Status unknown
Ibesikpo Asutan Aniekan Uko PDP Incumbent retiring
Ibiono Ibom Godwin Ekpo PDP Incumbent renominated
Ikono Asuquo Nana Udo[d] YPP[e] Incumbent lost renomination
Incumbent nominated by new party
Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo Uduak Odudoh PDP Incumbent retiring
Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara Idongesit Ntekpere PDP Incumbent retiring
Ini Emmanuel Ekpenyong Bassey PDP Status unknown
Itu KufreAbasi Edidem PDP Incumbent renominated
Mbo Effiong Johnson PDP[b] Incumbent nominated
Mkpat Enin Victor Patrick Ekwere PDP Status unknown
Nsit Atai Mark Esset PDP Status unknown
Nsit Ibom Ifiok Udoh PDP Incumbent retiring
Nsit Ubium Otobong Bob PDP Incumbent renominated
Okobo Felicia Bassey PDP Incumbent retiring
Onna Otuekong Nse Essien PDP Status unknown
Oron/Udung Uko Effiong Okon Bassey PDP Status unknown
Oruk Anam Udo Kerian Akpan PDP Status unknown
Ukanafun Charity Ido PDP Incumbent lost renomination
Uruan Aniekan Bassey PDP Incumbent retiring
Urue Offong/Oruko Asuquo Edet Archibong PDP Status unknown
Uyo Anietie Eka PDP Incumbent retiring

Notes

  1. ^ a b The 2019 election in the PDP-held constituency of Essien Udim was partially voided and a supplementary election was called. Although the PDP retained the seat in the supplementary election, the elections were held in early 2020 so the party's 2019 total is 24 seats.
  2. ^ a b This Assembly member was elected as a member of the APC but switched to the PDP during their term.
  3. ^ The 2019 election in the constituency of Essien Udim was partially voided and a supplementary election was called. As the supplementary election was held in early 2020, the post-2019 elections vacancy total is 1 seat.
  4. ^ a b The positions of MHA Usoro Akpanusoh (YPP-Esit Eket/Ibeno) and MHA Asuquo Nana Udo (YPP-Ikono) is unclear due to their removal from the Assembly in September 2022 after their defection to the YPP.[10][11] However, after the removal, Akpanusoh and Udo approached the judiciary to retain their seats.
  5. ^ a b This Assembly member was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the YPP during their term.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ Onuegbu, Chioma. "A-Ibom 7th Assembly elects Bassey speaker". Vanguard. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ Akpan-Nsoh, Inemesit (4 December 2019). "Akwa Ibom State assembly swears in APC member". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ Simon, Ekemini (23 November 2021). "How Akwa Ibom State Govt diverted Multi-Million Naira without evidence of project (1)". I International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ Simon, Ekemini (17 November 2021). "How Akwa Ibom State Government through House of Assembly diverted multi-million naira without evidence of project (Part 2)". International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ Ekponta, Iniobong (28 July 2022). "Constitution Amendment: A'Ibom Approves Local Government Autonomy". Leadership. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Anthony, Lovina (23 May 2022). "Assembly, Reps primaries: PDP flagbearers emerge in Akwa Ibom". Daily Post. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. ^ Imukudo, Saviour. "Akwa Ibom Assembly sacks two lawmakers for dumping PDP". Premium Times. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ Emanuel, Harris. "Crisis looms in A'Ibom Assembly as 2 members lose seats over defection". Vanguard. Retrieved 11 October 2022.