# 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Taraba State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.

## Background

In the previous Senate elections, all three incumbent senators were returned with Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC-Central) winning re-election with 45% of the vote while Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP-North) won re-election with 43% and Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-South) also was returned with 43%. The senatorial results were an example of the state's competitiveness as the House of Representatives seats were closely split and Abubakar only narrowly won the state in the presidential election. On the state level, the PDP continued its dominance by and winning a majority in the state House of Assembly and holding the governorship.

## Overview

| Affiliation | Party | Party | Total |
| Affiliation | APC | PDP | Total |
| Previous Election | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Before Election | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| After Election | 1 | 2 | 3 |

## Summary

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Results | Results |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Status | Candidates |
| Taraba Central | Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf | APC | Incumbent retired New member elected PDP gain | ▌Bashir Marafa (APC) ▌Y Haruna Manu (PDP) |
| Taraba North | Shuaibu Isa Lau | PDP | Incumbent re-elected | ▌Ali Sani Kona (APC) ▌Y Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP) |
| Taraba South | Emmanuel Bwacha | APC | Incumbent retired New member elected APC hold | ▌Y David Jimkuta (APC) ▌Darius Dickson Ishaku (PDP) |

## Taraba Central

The Taraba Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Bali, Gashaka, Gassol, Kurmi, and Sardauna. Incumbent Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC), who was elected with 44.9% of the vote in 2019, declined to seek re-election instead running for governor of Taraba State; Yusuf lost both the initial and rerun APC primaries.

### General election
#### Results

2023 Taraba Central Senatorial District election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | % |
| | AAC | Adams Nuhu Audu | |
| | ADC | Musa Umar | |
| | APC | Bashir Marafa | |
| | LP | Stephen Danladi Solomon | |
| | NRM | Zaharaddeen Hussaini | |
| | New Nigeria Peoples Party | Bobboi Kaigama | |
| | PDP | Haruna Manu | |
| | SDP | Gilbert Gills Nyanganji | |
| 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 | |

## Taraba North

The Taraba North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ardo Kola, Jalingo, Karim Lamido, Lau, Yorro, and Zing. Incumbent Shuaibu Isa Lau (PDP), who was elected with 43.3% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.

### General election
#### Results

2023 Taraba North Senatorial District election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | % |
| | APP | Titus Elijah | |
| | ADC | Muhammad Abdulrashid | |
| | APC | Abubakar Danladi Sani | |
| | APM | Mungo-Park Gajere | |
| | LP | El-Nathan Bila Auta | |
| | NRM | Idris Yola | |
| | New Nigeria Peoples Party | Bako Haruna | |
| | PDP | Shuaibu Isa Lau | |
| | SDP | Innocent Patrick Umar | |
| | ZLP | Nuhu Yakubu | |
| 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 | |

## Taraba South

The Taraba South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Donga, Ibi, Takum, Ussa, and Wukari. Incumbent Emmanuel Bwacha (APC) was elected with 42.6% of the vote in 2019 as a member of the PDP. He defected to the APC in February 2022 and opted to run for governor of Taraba State instead of seeking re-election.

### General election
#### Results

2023 Taraba South Senatorial District election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | % |
| | ADC | A. Bello | |
| | APC | David Jimkuta | |
| | APGA | Joseph Sule Rishante | |
| | APM | Agbu Bala Zhema | |
| | BP | Pilinga Nubuya | |
| | LP | Joshua Ikitausai Rimantari | |
| | NRM | Ibrahim Idris Musa | |
| | New Nigeria Peoples Party | Ikra Mohamed | |
| | PDP | Darius Dickson Ishaku | |
| | SDP | Michael Magaji | |
| 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 | |