# 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Rivers State

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Rivers 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

Rivers State is a highly populated, diverse state in the South South with major oil and natural gas reserves along with industrial centres. Despite its vast oil revenues, the state has several major issues with pirates and illegal oil bunkering gangs in riverine areas while urban areas have overcrowding and intense environmental pollution.
The 2019 Rivers elections were a continuation of the state PDP's control as the state APC's inability to hold valid primaries led to its disqualification by a court. PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar won the state by 50% and the party gained all three senate seats while also sweeping the House of Representatives elections. On the state level, the PDP also retained its House of Assembly majority and incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike won the gubernatorial election by a wide margin.

## 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 |
| BantuPage | December 2022 | N/A | 2% | 88% | 2% | 3% | – | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Nextier (Rivers crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 7.7% | 77.8% | 0.9% | 11.1% | – | 2.6% | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Rivers crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 9% | 65% | 1% | 18% | 6% | 2% | – | – |

## Projections

| Source | Projection | Projection | As of |
| Africa Elects | Likely Obi | Likely Obi | 24 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte |
| Dataphyte | Tinubu: | 14.49% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Obi: | 62.46% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Abubakar: | 19.27% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Others: | 3.83% | 11 February 2023 |
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence | Obi | Obi | 17 February 2023 |
| SBM Intelligence | Abubakar | Abubakar | 15 December 2022 |
| ThisDay |
| ThisDay | Tinubu: | 10% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Obi: | 35% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Kwankwaso: | – | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Abubakar: | 15% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Others/Undecided: | 40% | 27 December 2022 |
| The Nation | Battleground | Battleground | 12-19 February 2023 |

## General election
### Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Rivers 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 |
| Rivers East Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Rivers South East Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Rivers 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 |
| Abua/Odua/Ahoada East Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ahoada West/Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Akuku Toru/Asari Toru Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Eleme/Oyigbo/Tai Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Okrika/Ogu/Bolo Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Port Harcourt I Federal Constituency and Port Harcourt II 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 (%) |
| Abua–Odual | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ahoada East | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ahoada West | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Akuku-Toru | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Andoni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Asari-Toru | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bonny | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Degema | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Eleme | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Emohua | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Etche | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gokana | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ikwerre | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Khana | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Obio-Akpor | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ogu–Bolo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Okrika | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Omuma | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Opobo–Nkoro | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Oyigbo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Port Harcourt | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Tai | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |