# 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Zamfara State

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Zamfara State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.

## Background

Zamfara State is highly populated northwestern state mainly inhabited by ethnic Hausas and Fulanis. In the years before the election, the state was beset by the bandit conflict along with herder–farmer clashes and the nationwide kidnapping epidemic as bandits raid entire towns, kidnap school children, and attack motorists.
Politically, the 2019 elections were initially a continuation of the state APC's dominance as the party's presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari won the state by over 50% and the party won all three senate seats while also sweeping the House of Representatives elections. On the state level, the APC also retained its House of Assembly majority and its gubernatorial nominee—Mukhtar Shehu Idris—won the gubernatorial election by a wide margin. However, right before inaugurations, the Supreme Court ruled that the Zamfara APC did not hold valid primaries and thus all of its candidates—other than Buhari, who was nominated nationally—were disqualified.

## Polling

| Polling organisation/client | Fieldwork date | Sample size | | | | | Others | Undecided | Undisclosed | Not voting |
| Polling organisation/client | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Tinubu APC | Obi LP | Kwankwaso NNPP | Abubakar PDP | Others | Undecided | Undisclosed | Not voting |
| Nextier (Zamfara crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 55.1% | 1.4% | 4.3% | 39.1% | – | – | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Zamfara crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 37% | 25% | 5% | 28% | – | 5% | – | – |

## Projections

| Source | Projection | Projection | As of |
| Africa Elects | Lean Tinubu | Lean Tinubu | 24 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte |
| Dataphyte | Tinubu: | 43.30% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Obi: | 7.51% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Abubakar: | 43.30% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Others: | 5.69% | 11 February 2023 |
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence | Tinubu | Tinubu | 17 February 2023 |
| SBM Intelligence | Tinubu | Tinubu | 15 December 2022 |
| ThisDay |
| ThisDay | Tinubu: | 35% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Obi: | – | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Kwankwaso: | 20% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Abubakar: | 35% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Others/Undecided: | 10% | 27 December 2022 |
| The Nation | Tinubu | Tinubu | 12-19 February 2023 |

## General election
### Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Zamfara State :
| Party | Party | Candidate | % |
| | A | Christopher Imumolen | |
| | AA | Hamza al-Mustapha | |
| | ADP | Yabagi Sani | |
| | APP | Osita Nnadi | |
| | AAC | Omoyele Sowore | |
| | ADC | Dumebi Kachikwu | |
| | APC | Bola Tinubu | |
| | APGA | Peter Umeadi | |
| | APM | Princess Chichi Ojei | |
| | BP | Sunday Adenuga | |
| | LP | Peter Obi | |
| | NRM | Felix Johnson Osakwe | |
| | New Nigeria Peoples Party | Rabiu Kwankwaso | |
| | PRP | Kola Abiola | |
| | PDP | Atiku Abubakar | |
| | SDP | Adewole Adebayo | |
| | YPP | Malik Ado-Ibrahim | |
| | ZLP | Dan Nwanyanwu | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100.00% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

#### By senatorial district

The results of the election by senatorial district.
| Senatorial District | Bola Tinubu APC | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Others | Total valid votes |
| Senatorial District | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total valid votes |
| Zamfara Central Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Zamfara North Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Zamfara West Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |

#### By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.
| Federal Constituency | Bola Tinubu APC | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Others | Total valid votes |
| Federal Constituency | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total valid votes |
| Anka/Talata/Mafara Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Bakura/Maradun Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Bungudu/Maru Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Gunmi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Shinkafi/Zurmi Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |

#### By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.
| Local government area | Bola Tinubu APC | Bola Tinubu APC | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Atiku Abubakar PDP | Peter Obi LP | Peter Obi LP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP | Others | Others | Total valid votes | Turnout (%) |
| Local government area | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total valid votes | Turnout (%) |
| Anka | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bakura | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Birnin Magaji/Kiyaw | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bukkuyum | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bungudu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gummi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gusau | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Kaura Namoda | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Maradun | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Maru | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Shinkafi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Talata Mafara | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Tsafe | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Zurmi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |