# 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River State

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River 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

Cross River State is a diverse state in the South South with growing economy and vast natural areas but facing an underdeveloped yet vital agricultural sector, deforestation, and rising debt in large part due to years of systemic corruption. Politically, the state's 2019 elections were categorized as a continuation of the PDP's control as Ayade won with over 73% of the vote and the party won every seat in the House of Assembly along with all three senate seats. However, the PDP did lose one House of Representatives seat to the APC and although the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar, it still swung towards Buhari compared to 2015 and had lower turnout.

## 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 | 12% | 59% | 0% | 7% | – | 7% | 5% | 10% |
| BantuPage | January 2023 | N/A | 7% | 71% | 6% | 4% | – | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Nextier (Cross River crosstabs of national poll) | 27 January 2023 | N/A | 14.7% | 63.2% | – | 20.6% | 1.5% | – | – | – |
| SBM Intelligence for EiE (Cross River crosstabs of national poll) | 22 January-6 February 2023 | N/A | 9% | 74% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 4% | – | – |

## Projections

| Source | Projection | Projection | As of |
| Africa Elects | Likely Obi | Likely Obi | 24 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte |
| Dataphyte | Tinubu: | 46.74% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Obi: | 38.97% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Abubakar: | 7.62% | 11 February 2023 |
| Dataphyte | Others: | 6.68% | 11 February 2023 |
| Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence | Obi | Obi | 17 February 2023 |
| SBM Intelligence | Obi | Obi | 15 December 2022 |
| ThisDay |
| ThisDay | Tinubu: | 25% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Obi: | 35% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Kwankwaso: | – | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Abubakar: | 20% | 27 December 2022 |
| ThisDay | Others/Undecided: | 20% | 27 December 2022 |
| The Nation | Battleground | Battleground | 12-19 February 2023 |

## General election
### Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River 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 |
| Cross River Central Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Cross River North Senatorial District | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Cross River 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 |
| Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD |
| Ogoja/Yala 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 (%) |
| Abi | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Akamkpa | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Akpabuyo | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Bekwarra | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Biase | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Boki | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Calabar Municipal | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Calabar South | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Etung | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ikom | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Obanliku | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Obubra | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Obudu | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Odukpani | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Ogoja | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Yakurr | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Yala | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |
| Totals | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % | TBD | % |