# 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election

The 2023 Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly election took place on 11 March 2023, to elect members of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.

## Electoral system

The members of state Houses of Assembly are elected using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

## Background

In the previous House of Assembly elections, the PDP won a sizeable majority that elected Aniekan Bassey (PDP-Uruan) as Speaker. In other Akwa Ibom elections, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (PDP) won in a landslide. The PDP was also successful federally, unseating all APC senators and house members to sweep all three senates and ten House of Representatives seats as the state was easily won by PDP presidential nominee Atiku Abubakar with about 68% but still swung towards the APC and had lower turnout.
Key events during the legislative term included the belated swearing-in of the Assembly's sole APC member—Effiong Johnson (Mbo)—in December 2019, reports on systemic misappropriation of public funds and corruption by the Assembly, and votes on various constitutional amendments in July 2022.

## Overview

| Affiliation | Party | Party | Party | Party | Total |
| Affiliation | PDP | APC | YPP | Vacant | Total |
| Previous Election | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Before Election | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| After Election | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 26 |

## Summary

| Constituency | Incumbent | Incumbent | Results | Results |
| Constituency | Incumbent | Party | Status | Candidates |
| Abak | Udeme Otong | PDP | Incumbent renominated | ▌Emmanuel Udosen (APC) ▌Udeme Otong (PDP) |
| Eket | David Lawrence Udofa | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Abasiandikan Robert Nkono (APC) ▌Nsidibe Inyang Akata (PDP) |
| Esit Eket/Ibeno | Usoro Akpanusoh | YPP | Incumbent lost renomination Incumbent nominated by new party | ▌Emmanuel Israel Peter (APC) ▌Udobia Friday Udo (PDP) ▌Usoro Akpanusoh (YPP) |
| Essien Udim | Esse Umoh | PDP | Incumbent lost renomination | ▌Uduak Etim Udom (APC) ▌Ukpong Akpabio (PDP) |
| Etim Ekpo/Ika | Mfon Idung | PDP | Incumbent renominated | ▌Christopher Sandy Okorie (APC) ▌Mfon Idung (PDP) |
| Etinan | Aniefiok Dennis Akpan | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Enobong Eshiet (APC) ▌Uduak Ekpo-Ufot (PDP) |
| Ibesikpo Asutan | Aniekan Uko | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Esitima Udosen (APC) ▌Ubong Attah (PDP) |
| Ibiono Ibom | Godwin Ekpo | PDP | Incumbent renominated | ▌Ndifreke Ndanyongmong Ukem (APC) ▌Godwin Ekpo (PDP) |
| Ikono | Asuquo Nana Udo | YPP | Incumbent lost renomination Incumbent nominated by new party | ▌Justice Tony Umoh (APC) ▌Itoro Columba (PDP) ▌Asuquo Nana Udo (YPP) |
| Ikot Abasi/Eastern Obolo | Uduak Odudoh | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌John Richard Ayang (APC) ▌Selinah Isotuk Ukpatu (PDP) |
| Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara | Idongesit Ntekpere | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Gloria Iniobong Useh (APC) ▌Jerry Otu (PDP) |
| Ini | Emmanuel Ekpenyong Bassey | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Ernest Edet Udo (APC) ▌Lawrence Udoide (PDP) |
| Itu | KufreAbasi Edidem | PDP | Incumbent renominated | ▌Imoh Anthony Offiong (APC) ▌KufreAbasi Edidem (PDP) |
| Mbo | Effiong Johnson | PDP | Incumbent nominated | ▌Eyo Asuquo Okpo (APC) ▌Effiong Johnson (PDP) |
| Mkpat Enin | Victor Patrick Ekwere | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Ini Judah Ekpo (APC) ▌Uwem Imoh-Ita (PDP) |
| Nsit Atai | Mark Esset | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Isaac Simon Etuketuk (APC) ▌Aniefiok Attah (PDP) |
| Nsit Ibom | Ifiok Udoh | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Nathaniel Otio (APC) ▌Eric Akpan (PDP) |
| Nsit Ubium | Otobong Bob | PDP | Incumbent renominated | ▌Utibeabasi Idem (APC) ▌Otobong Bob (PDP) |
| Okobo | Felicia Bassey | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌John Asuquo Ita (APC) ▌Bassey Pius Bassey (PDP) |
| Onna | Otuekong Nse Essien | PDP | Status unknown | ▌James Akpan Enoh (APC) ▌Sunday Udofot Johnny (PDP) |
| Oron/Udung Uko | Effiong Okon Bassey | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Esang Bisung Uwe (APC) ▌Ekenim Onofiok (PDP) |
| Oruk Anam | Udo Kerian Akpan | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Aniekan Solomon Abraham (APC) ▌Sampson Idiong (PDP) |
| Ukanafun | Charity Ido | PDP | Incumbent lost renomination | ▌Ubokobong Ezekiel Umoh (APC) ▌Emem Udom (PDP) |
| Uruan | Aniekan Bassey | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Effiong Edet Awat (APC) ▌Itoro Etim (PDP) |
| Urue Offong/Oruko | Asuquo Edet Archibong | PDP | Status unknown | ▌Effiong Okon Oboho (APC) ▌Precious Selong (PDP) |
| Uyo | Anietie Eka | PDP | Incumbent retiring | ▌Efiok Wilson Udom (APC) ▌Uwemedimo Asuquo (PDP) |