# 2023 Yobe State House of Assembly election

The 2023 Yobe State House of Assembly election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Yobe 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 APC won a sizeable majority that elected Ahmed Lawan Mirwa (APC-Nguru II) as Speaker. In other Yobe elections, incumbent APC Governor Mai Mala Buni won in a landslide as the APC swept every House of Representatives and Senate seat along with Buhari winning the state in a landslide.

## Overview

| Affiliation | Party | Party | Total |
| Affiliation | APC | PDP | Total |
| Previous Election | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Before Election | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| After Election | TBD | TBD | 24 |

## Summary

| Constituency | Incumbent | Incumbent | Results | Results |
| Constituency | Incumbent | Party | Status | Candidates |
| Bade East | Mohammed Maimota Kabir | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Mohammed Maimota Kabir (APC) ▌Sadiq Yahaya (PDP) |
| Bade West | Gafo Mai Zabu Bizi | APC | Status unknown | ▌Sanda Kara Bade (APC) ▌Saidu Dauda Dauda (PDP) |
| Bursari | Mala Lawan Jawa | APC | Status unknown | ▌Zanna Baba Gana (APC) ▌Kolo Zanna (PDP) |
| Damagum | Maina Digma Gana | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Maina Digma Gana (APC) ▌Musa Yakubu Damagum (PDP) |
| Damaturu I | Mohammad Bazani | APC | Status unknown | ▌Nasiru Hassan Yusuf (APC) ▌Danbinta Bura (PDP) |
| Damaturu II | Buba Ibrahim | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Buba Ibrahim (APC) ▌Modu Kaleranbe (PDP) |
| Fika/Ngalda | Yakubu Suleiman Maluri | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Yakubu Suleiman Maluri (APC) ▌Usman Alhaji Barde (PDP) |
| Geidam North | Bukar Mustapha | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Bukar Mustapha (APC) ▌Saleh Kachalla (PDP) |
| Geidam South | Mohammad Ali | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Mohammad Ali (APC) ▌Mustapha Kale (PDP) |
| Goya/Ngeji | Ishaku Sani Audu | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Ishaku Sani Audu (APC) ▌Babale Audu Maisamari (PDP) |
| Gujba | Bulama Bukar | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Bulama Bukar (APC) ▌Mustapha Manu (PDP) |
| Gulani | Bularafa Bunu Zanna | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Bularafa Bunu Zanna (APC) ▌Usman Hamisu (PDP) |
| Jajere | Chiroma A. Buba | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Chiroma A. Buba (APC) ▌Mu'azu Shehu (PDP) |
| Jakusko | Ya’u Usman Dachia | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Ya’u Usman Dachia (APC) ▌Badamasi Madaki (PDP) |
| Karasuwa | Adamu Dala-Dogo | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Adamu Dala-Dogo (APC) ▌Haladu Buba (PDP) |
| Mamudo | Mohammed Isa Bello | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Mohammed Isa Bello (APC) ▌Adamu Isa Barka (PDP) |
| Nangere | Saminu Musa Lawan | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Saminu Musa Lawan (APC) ▌Muhammad Abdullahi Dagare (PDP) |
| Nguru I | Lawan Sani Inuwa | APC | Incumbent nominated | ▌Lawan Sani Inuwa (APC) ▌Salisu Lawan Idriss (PDP) |
| Nguru II | Ahmed Lawan Mirwa | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Ahmed Lawan Mirwa (APC) ▌Musa Lawan (PDP) |
| Potiskum | Abdullahi Adamu Bazuwa | APC | Incumbent retiring | ▌ Ahmed Adamu (APC) ▌Adamu Ibrahim Na'Ibbi (PDP) |
| Tarmuwa | Buba Saleh Maina | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Buba Saleh Maina (APC) ▌Auroma Alhaji Mustapha (PDP) |
| Yunusari | Ahmed Dambol Musa | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Ahmed Dambol Musa (APC) ▌Bulama Mohammed Fusami (PDP) |
| Yusufari | Mohammed Hassan | APC | Incumbent renominated | ▌Mohammed Hassan (APC) ▌Haruna Kura (PDP) |