# 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto State

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto 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 2023.

## Background

Sokoto State is a large northwestern state with agricultural and energy potential but facing a debilitated health sector, low education rates, and intense challenges in security as the nationwide kidnapping epidemic, bandit conflict, religious riots, and herder–farmer clashes have all heavily affected the state.
Politically, the 2019 elections were categorized as a swing back towards the PDP. Although Buhari won the state again (by 15%), Sokoto was the state that swung the most towards the PDP in the presidential election; legislatively, the PDP held its one Senate seat after a court ruling and won four House of Representatives seats after the APC won all legislative seats in 2015. Statewise, incumbent Governor Aminu Tambuwal won re-election by about 300 votes while the APC won a narrow majority in the House of Assembly.

## 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 | 32% | 4% | 2% | 30% | – | 23% | 5% | 3% |
| Nextier (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 18.2% | 5.2% | 9.1% | 18.2% | – | 6.5% | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Sokoto crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 16% | 38% | 5% | 23% | 6% | 11% | – | – |

## Projections

| Source | Projection | Projection | As of |
| Africa Elects | Likely Abubakar | Likely Abubakar | 24 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte |
| Dataphyte | Tinubu: | 28.49% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Obi: | 8.32% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Abubakar: | 56.89% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Others: | 6.31% | 11 February 2023 |
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence | Abubakar | Abubakar | 17 February 2023 |
| SBM Intelligence | Abubakar | Abubakar | 15 December 2022 |
| ThisDay |
| ThisDay | Tinubu: | 35% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Obi: | – | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Kwankwaso: | 15% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Abubakar: | 40% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Others/Undecided: | 10% | 27 December 2022 |
| The Nation | Battleground | Battleground | 12-19 February 2023 |

## General election
### Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Sokoto 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 |
| Sokoto East Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Sokoto North Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Sokoto South 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 |
| Binji/Silame Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Dange-Shuni/Bodinga/Tureta Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Goronyo/Gada Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Illela/Gwadabawa Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Sokoto North/Sokoto South Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Yabo/Shagari 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 (%) |
| Binji | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bodinga | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Dange Shuni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gada | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Goronyo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gudu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Gwadabawa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Illela | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Isa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Kebbe | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Kware | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Rabah | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Sabon Birni | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Shagari | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Silame | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Sokoto North | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Sokoto South | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Tambuwal | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Tangaza | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Tureta | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Wamako | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Wurno | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Yabo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |