# 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti State

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti State was 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, were also held on the same date while state elections were held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Bola Tinubu—the nominee of the All Progressives Congress—ultimately won the state by over 110,000 votes, a 36% margin, over runner-up Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. The other two major contenders, Peter Obi (Labour Party) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (New Nigeria Peoples Party), trailed with just 3.7% and 0.09%, respectively.

## Background

Ekiti State is a small, Yoruba-majority southwestern state with vast natural areas but facing an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector, high unemployment, and rising debt. The state also has to contend with insecurity with abated, but still present, conflict between herders and farmers in the state's rural areas.
The state's 2019 elections categorized by a massive swing to the APC as its presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari won the state back after the PDP had won it in 2015. Legislatively the APC also gained ground, winning all two Senate seats, all six House of Representatives seats, and control of the House of Assembly. Two years later, Abiodun Oyebanji retained the gubernatorial office for the APC, winning with 53% of the vote.

## 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 | January 2023 | N/A | 31% | 14% | 0% | 5% | – | 36% | 8% | 6% |
| Nextier (Ekiti crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 22.4% | 36.2% | 6.9% | 34.5% | – | – | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Ekiti crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 56% | 9% | 3% | 15% | 1% | 15% | – | – |

## Projections

| Source | Projection | Projection | As of |
| Africa Elects | Safe Tinubu | Safe Tinubu | 24 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte |
| Dataphyte | Tinubu: | 38.33% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Obi: | 33.52% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Abubakar: | 15.47% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Others: | 12.62% | 11 February 2023 |
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence | Tinubu | Tinubu | 17 February 2023 |
| SBM Intelligence | Tinubu | Tinubu | 15 December 2022 |
| ThisDay |
| ThisDay | Tinubu: | 45% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Obi: | 10% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Kwankwaso: | – | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Abubakar: | 20% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Others/Undecided: | 20% | 27 December 2022 |
| The Nation | Tinubu | Tinubu | 12-19 February 2023 |

## General election
### Results

Candidates' vote share
2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ekiti State :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | APC | Bola Tinubu | 201,486 | 65.38% |
| | PDP | Atiku Abubakar | 89,554 | 29.06% |
| | LP | Peter Obi | 11,397 | 3.70% |
| | SDP | Adewole Adebayo | 2,011 | 0.65% |
| | ADC | Dumebi Kachikwu | 1,337 | 0.43% |
| | ADP | Yabagi Sani | 737 | 0.24% |
| | ZLP | Dan Nwanyanwu | 460 | 0.15% |
| | APGA | Peter Umeadi | 268 | 0.09% |
| | New Nigeria Peoples Party | Rabiu Kwankwaso | 264 | 0.09% |
| | NRM | Felix Johnson Osakwe | 131 | 0.04% |
| | AAC | Omoyele Sowore | 108 | 0.04% |
| | APP | Osita Nnadi | 91 | 0.03% |
| | YPP | Malik Ado-Ibrahim | 81 | 0.03% |
| | A | Christopher Imumolen | 69 | 0.02% |
| | PRP | Kola Abiola | 48 | 0.02% |
| | APM | Princess Chichi Ojei | 46 | 0.01% |
| | BP | Sunday Adenuga | 46 | 0.01% |
| | AA | Hamza al-Mustapha | 29 | 0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 308,171 | 100.00% |
| Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | Invalid or blank votes | 6,301 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 314,472 | 31.84% |

#### 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 |
| Ekiti Central Senatorial District | 76,033 | 68.36% | 26,254 | 23.61% | 5,918 | 5.32% | 128 | 0.12% | 2,886 | 2.59% | 111,219 |
| Ekiti North Senatorial District | 58,499 | 61.07% | 33,326 | 34.79% | 2,547 | 2.66% | 59 | 0.06% | 1,355 | 1.41% | 95,786 |
| Ekiti South Senatorial District | 58,795 | 65.83% | 26,939 | 30.16% | 2,467 | 2.76% | 61 | 0.07% | 1,046 | 1.17% | 89,308 |
| Totals | 201,486 | 65.38% | 89,554 | 29.06% | 11,397 | 3.70% | 264 | 0.09% | 5470 | 1.77% | 308,171 |

#### 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 |
| Ado Ekiti/Irepodun-Ifelodun Federal Constituency | 43,016 | 67.75% | 13,684 | 21.55% | 5,029 | 7.92% | 111 | 0.17% | 1,650 | 2.60% | 63,490 |
| Ekiti South West/Ikere/Ise/Orun Federal Constituency | 34,408 | 66.24% | 14,979 | 28.84% | 1,847 | 3.56% | 43 | 0.08% | 668 | 1.29% | 51,945 |
| Emure/Gbonyin/Ekiti East Federal Constituency | 32,546 | 66.12% | 14,995 | 30.46% | 1,085 | 2.20% | 32 | 0.07% | 8,877 | 1.14% | 49,221 |
| Ido/Osi, Moba/Ilejemeje Federal Constituency | 28,562 | 61.98% | 15,985 | 34.69% | 1,125 | 2.44% | 28 | 0.06% | 382 | 0.83% | 46,082 |
| Ijero/Ekiti West/Efon Federal Constituency | 33,017 | 69.18% | 12,570 | 26.34% | 889 | 1.86% | 17 | 0.04% | 1,236 | 2.59% | 47,729 |
| Ikole/Oye Federal Constituency | 29,937 | 60.23% | 17,341 | 34.89% | 1,422 | 2.86% | 31 | 0.06% | 973 | 1.96% | 49,704 |
| Totals | 201,486 | 65.38% | 89,554 | 29.06% | 11,397 | 3.70% | 264 | 0.09% | 5470 | 1.77% | 308,171 |

#### 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 (%) |
| Ado Ekiti | 28,751 | 67.22% | 8,168 | 19.1% | 4,485 | 10.49% | 87 | 0.20% | 1,282 | 3.00% | 42,773 | 24.49% |
| Efon | 5,873 | 67.84% | 2,521 | 29.12% | 125 | 1.44% | 3 | 0.04% | 135 | 1.56% | 8,657 | 30.00% |
| Ekiti East | 12,426 | 59.82% | 7,782 | 37.46% | 375 | 1.81% | 7 | 0.03% | 182 | 0.88% | 20,772 | 34.37% |
| Ekiti South-West | 11,334 | 66.50% | 5,047 | 29.61% | 440 | 2.58% | 9 | 0.05% | 215 | 1.26% | 17,045 | 32.50% |
| Ekiti West | 14,516 | 73.47% | 4,318 | 21.85% | 391 | 1.98% | 8 | 0.04% | 525 | 2.66% | 19,758 | 34.13% |
| Emure | 8,159 | 68.81% | 3,035 | 25.59% | 465 | 3.92% | 14 | 0.12% | 185 | 1.56% | 11,858 | 32.44% |
| Gbonyin | 11,961 | 72.09% | 4,178 | 25.18% | 245 | 1.48% | 11 | 0.07% | 196 | 1.18% | 16,591 | 31.41% |
| Ido-Osi | 11,917 | 58.32% | 7,476 | 36.58% | 782 | 3.83% | 14 | 0.07% | 246 | 1.20% | 20,435 | 36.11% |
| Ijero Ekiti | 12,628 | 65.38% | 5,731 | 29.68% | 373 | 1.93% | 6 | 0.03% | 576 | 2.98% | 19,314 | 31.19% |
| Ikere-Ekiti | 11,659 | 58.17% | 7,198 | 35.91% | 910 | 4.54% | 24 | 0.12% | 253 | 1.26% | 20,044 | 31.28% |
| Ikole | 15,465 | 57.36% | 10,198 | 37.82% | 779 | 2.89% | 11 | 0.04% | 509 | 1.89% | 26,962 | 38.27% |
| Ilejemeje | 4,599 | 62.05% | 2,662 | 35.91% | 97 | 1.31% | 3 | 0.04% | 51 | 0.69% | 7,412 | 40.03% |
| Irepodun/Ifelodun | 14,265 | 68.86% | 5,516 | 26.63% | 544 | 2.63% | 24 | 0.12% | 368 | 1.78% | 20,717 | 30.10% |
| Ise/Orun | 11,415 | 76.84% | 2,734 | 18.40% | 497 | 3.34% | 10 | 0.07% | 200 | 1.35% | 14,856 | 32.47% |
| Moba | 12,046 | 66.06% | 5,847 | 32.06% | 246 | 1.35% | 11 | 0.06% | 85 | 0.47% | 18,235 | 34.53% |
| Oye | 14,472 | 63.64% | 7,143 | 31.41% | 643 | 2.83% | 20 | 0.09% | 464 | 2.04% | 22,742 | 35.49% |
| Totals | 201,486 | 65.38% | 89,554 | 29.06% | 11,397 | 3.70% | 264 | 0.09% | 5470 | 1.77% | 308,171 | 31.84% |
* ↑ Ado Ekiti: Results were voided in one polling unit due to "BVAS bypass."
* ↑ Ekiti East: Results were voided in two polling units due to overvoting.