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2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State
All 3 Ondo State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
	APC incumbent retiring; PDP incumbent lost renomination

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State was held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Ondo State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.

Background

In the previous Senate elections, only one of the three incumbent senators were returned as Robert Ajayi Boroffice (APC-Central) was re-elected while Tayo Alasoadura (APC-North) and Yele Omogunwa (APC-South) were defeated. Patrick Ayo Akinyelure defeated Alasoadura with 33% of the vote while PDP challenger Nicholas Tofowomo unseated Omogunwa with 43%; in the central seat, Boroffice was re-elected with 30%. These results were a part of the continuation of the state's continued competitiveness as four parties won at least one House of Representatives seat, the APC won a majority in the state House of Assembly, and Buhari narrowly won the state in the presidential election. In 2020, incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu held the governorship.

District	Incumbent		Results
District	Incumbent	Party	Status	Candidates
Ondo Central	Patrick Ayo Akinyelure	PDP	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected APC gain	▌Y Adeniyi Adegbonmire (APC)^[1]^[2] ▌Ifedayo Adedipe (PDP)^[3]^[4]^[2]
Ondo North	Robert Ajayi Boroffice	APC	Incumbent retired^[5]^[6] New member elected APC hold	▌Y Jide Ipinsagba (APC)^[1]^[2] ▌Adetokunbo Modupe (PDP)^[7]^[4]^[2]
Ondo South	Nicholas Tofowomo	PDP	Incumbent lost renomination^[8] New member elected APC gain	▌Y Jimoh Ibrahim (APC)^[9]^[2] ▌Agboola Ajayi (PDP)^[10]^[4]^[2]

The Ondo Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Akure North, Akure South, Idanre, Ifedore, Ondo East, and Ondo West. Incumbent Patrick Ayo Akinyelure (PDP), who was elected with 33.1% of the vote in 2019, sought re-election but lost renomination.

The Ondo North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Akoko North-East, Akoko North-West, Akoko South-East, Akoko South-West, Ose, and Owo. Incumbent Robert Ajayi Boroffice (APC) was elected with 30.3% of the vote in 2019. In April 2022, Boroffice announced that he would run for president instead of seeking re-election;^[11] however, Amosun withdrew on the date of the APC primary in favour of eventual nominee Bola Tinubu.^[12]

2023 Ondo North Senatorial District election
Party		Candidate	%
	AA	Oluwatosin Taiwo Ariyo
	ADC	Rasheed Ibraheem Olaide
	APC	Jide Ipinsagba
	LP	Ayodele Olorunfemi
	NRM	Peter Tunde Omotoso
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Olusegun Kikiedaoluwa Phillips-Alonge
	PDP	Adetokunbo Modupe
	SDP	Tope Esther Ajulo
	ZLP	Ayodeji Kolade
Total votes			100.00%
Invalid or blank votes			N/A
Turnout

2023 Ondo South Senatorial District election

← 2019

25 February 2023

2027 →

Senator before election

Nicholas Tofowomo
PDP

Elected Senator

Jimoh Ibrahim
APC

The Ondo South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ese Odo, Ilaje, Ile Oluji/Okeigbo, Irele, Odigbo, and Okitipupa. Incumbent Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP), who was elected with 43.0% of the vote in 2019, sought re-election but lost renomination.

2023 Ondo South Senatorial District election
Party		Candidate	%
	AA	Michael Richard Akintan
	ADC	Lanre Lawrence
	APC	Jimoh Ibrahim
	NRM	Blessing Kpiki Ebitibi
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Segun Ehinminsan
	PDP	Agboola Ajayi
	SDP	Funmilola Okikilola Adetarami
Total votes			100.00%
Invalid or blank votes			N/A
Turnout