{{Short description|None}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}} {{Politics of Nigeria}} 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== === Parties represented in the National Assembly === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="3" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;"| Party ! Founded ! Chairperson ! Position ! Ideology ! Senate ! House of<br/>Representatives ! Governors ! State<br/>Assemblies |-

! style="background-color: {{party color|All Progressives Congress}}" | | All Progressives Congress | APC | 2013 | {{Nowrap|Abdullahi Adamu}} | Centre | {{ubl|class=nowrap|Big tent|Buharism|Social conservatism}} |{{Composition bar|59|109|hex={{party color|All Progressives Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|190|360|hex={{party color|All Progressives Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|22|36|hex={{party color|All Progressives Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|570|991|hex={{party color|All Progressives Congress}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}" | | Peoples Democratic Party | PDP | 1998 | Iyorchia Ayu | Centre-right | {{ubl|Social conservatism|Economic liberalism}} |{{Composition bar|38|109|hex={{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|119|360|{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|13|36|{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|325|991|hex={{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}" | | Labour Party | LP | 2002 | Julius Abure | Centre-left | Social democracy |{{Composition bar|8|109|{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|34|360|{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|36|{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|26|991|{{party color|Labour Party (Nigeria)}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}" | | New Nigeria People's Party |NNPP | 2020<ref>[https://twitter.com/OfficialNNPPng Official Twitter account]</ref> | Rufai Ahmed Alkali | Syncretic<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/28/nigeria-presidential-election-results-2023 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> | {{ubl|Welfarism|Social conservatism|Populism}} |{{Composition bar|2|109|{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|18|360|{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|36|{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|26|991|{{party color|New Nigeria People's Party}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}" | | All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA | 2003 | Victor Oye | Big tent | {{ubl|Nationalism|Decentralization|Progressivism}} |{{Composition bar|1|109|{{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}}} |{{Composition bar|4|360|{{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|36|{{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}}} |{{Composition bar|19|991|hex={{party color|All Progressives Grand Alliance}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}" | | Social Democratic Party |SDP | 1989 | ''Vacant'' | Centre-left | Social democracy |{{Composition bar|2|109|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|2|360|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|36|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|991|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|African Democratic Congress}}" | | African Democratic Congress |ADC | 2005 | David Mark | Big tent | {{ubl|Pan-Africanism}} |{{Composition bar|1|109|{{party color|African Democratic Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|2|360|{{party color|African Democratic Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|36|{{party color|African Democratic Congress}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|991|{{party color|African Democratic Congress}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Young Progressives Party}}" | | Young Progressives Party |YPP | 2017 | Bishop Amakiri | Centre-left | Social democracy |{{Composition bar|0|109|{{party color|Young Progressives Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|2|360|{{party color|Young Progressives Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|0|36|{{party color|Young Progressives Party}}}} |{{Composition bar|2|991|hex={{party color|Young Progressives Party}}}} |}

=== Other parties represented in state assemblies === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="3" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;"| Party ! Founded ! Chairperson ! Position ! Ideology ! State Assemblies |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Zenith Labour Party}}" | | Zenith Labour Party | ZLP | Unknown | Dan Nwanyanwu | Big tent | {{ubl|Reformism}} |{{Composition bar|2|991|{{party color|Zenith Labour Party}}}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Action Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}" | | Action Democratic Party |ADP | 2017 | Yabagi Sani | Centre | Third Way |{{Composition bar|1|991|{{party color|Action Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}}} |}

=== Extra-parliamentary parties === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="3" scope="col" style="width:20px; text-align:center;"| Party ! Founded ! Chairperson ! Position ! Ideology |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Accord (Nigeria)}}" | | Accord |A | 2010 | Mohammad Lawal Nalado | Big tent | {{ubl|Populism|Economic interventionism|}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Action Alliance}}" | | Action Alliance{{efn|Formerly National Mass Movement of Nigeria (NMMN)}} | AA | 2005 | {{Nowrap|Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje}} | Big tent | {{ubl|Reformism}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|African Action Congress}}" | | African Action Congress | AAC | 2018 | Leonard Nzenwa <small>(Acting)</small> | Left-wing | {{ubl|Social democracy|Progressivism|Participatory democracy}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Allied Peoples Movement}}" | | Allied Peoples Movement | APM | 2018 | Yusuf Mamman Dantalle | Big tent | {{ubl|Decentralization|Sustainable development}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Action Peoples Party}}" | | Action Peoples Party | APP | Unknown | Uchenna Nnadi | Big tent | {{ubl|Populism|Economic interventionism|}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|Boot Party}}" | | Boot Party | BP | 2019 | {{Nowrap|Sonny Adenuga}} | Big tent | {{ubl|Reformism}} |- ! style="background-color: {{party color|National Rescue Movement}}" | | {{Nowrap|National Rescue Movement}} | NRM | 2017 | Isaac Chigozie Udeh | Big tent | {{ubl|Reformism}} |} {{notelist}}

=== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sanni |first1=Kunle |title=UPDATED: INEC deregisters 74 political parties |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/376095-updated-inec-deregisters-74-political-parties.html |newspaper=Premium Times |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Why INEC deregistered 74 political parties |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/why-inec-deregistered-74-political-parties/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=Vanguard |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ajayi |first1=Omeiza |title=Full list of the 74 parties deregistered by INEC |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/full-list-of-the-74-parties-deregistered-by-inec/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=Vanguard |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kwen |first=James |date=2020-02-06 |title=INEC de-registers 74 political parties, retains APC, PDP APGA, others |url=https://businessday.ng/politics/article/inec-de-registers-74-political-parties-retains-apc-pdp-apga-others/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2023-02-23 |newspaper=BusinessDay|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ikhilae |first1=Eric |title=Deregistration of parties: Supreme Court fixes hearing for Feb 22 in case against INEC |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/deregistration-of-parties-supreme-court-fixes-hearing-for-feb-22-in-case-against-inec/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=The Nation |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nwisagbo |first1=Lesi |title=Supreme Court upholds INEC's deregistration of 74 political parties |url=https://punchng.com/breaking-supreme-court-upholds-inecs-deregistration-of-74-political-parties/ |newspaper=The Punch |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> 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.

{{div col}} * 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) {{div col end}}

==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=== {{div col}} * 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) {{div col end}}

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

==References== {{reflist}}

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