2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State

The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State was held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Oyo State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided 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.

2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
All 3 Oyo State seats in the Senate of Nigeria
Majority party Minority party   Party APC PDP Last election 2 1 Seats before 3 0 Seats won 3 0
APC incumbent retiring or lost renomination      APC incumbent running for re-election

Background

In the previous Senate elections, only one of the three incumbent senators were returned as Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-North) was returned while Monsurat Sunmonu (ADC-Central) and Soji Akanbi (ADC-South) were unseated in the general election. Teslim Folarin (PDP) defeated Sunmonu with 33% of the vote while PDP challenger Mohammed Kola Balogun unseated Akanbi with 38%; in the North seat, Buhari was re-elected with 37%. These results were a part of the continuation of the state's competitiveness as the APC won most House of Representatives seats but the PDP won a majority in the state House of Assembly and the governorship in addition to Abubakar narrowly winning the state in the presidential election.

Overview

Affiliation	Party		Total
	APC	PDP
Previous Election	2	1	3
Before Election	3	0	3
After Election	3	0	3

Summary

This table is an excerpt from 2023 Nigerian Senate election § Oyo State.[edit]

District	Incumbent		Results
	Incumbent	Party	Status	Candidates
Oyo Central	Teslim Folarin	APC	Incumbent retired New member elected APC hold	▌Y Yunus Akintunde (APC)[1][2][3] ▌Bisi Ilaka (PDP)[4][3]
Oyo North	Abdulfatai Buhari	APC	Incumbent re-elected	▌Y Abdulfatai Buhari (APC)[2][3] ▌Akinwale Akinwole (PDP)[5][4][3]
Oyo South	Mohammed Kola Balogun	APC[note 1]	Incumbent lost nomination New member elected APC hold	▌Y Sharafadeen Alli (APC)[6][2][3] ▌Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe (PDP)[4][3]

Oyo Central

2023 Oyo Central Senatorial District election

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →

Nominee Yunus Akintunde Bisi Ilaka Faozey Nurudeen Party APC PDP A Popular vote 108,776 101,213 41,743 Percentage 43.21%, 40.21% 16.58%

Senator before election Teslim Folarin APC Elected Senator Yunus Akintunde APC

The Oyo Central Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Afijio, Akinyele, Atiba, Egbeda, Lagelu, Ogo Oluwa, Oluyole, Ona Ara, Oyo East, Oyo West, and Surulere. Incumbent Teslim Folarin (APC) was elected with 33.4% of the vote in 2019. In May 2022, Folarin announced that he would run for governor of Oyo State instead of seeking re-election.^[7]

General election

Results

2023 Oyo Central Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	A	Faozey Nurudeen
	AA	Olusegun Ibikunle
	APP	Abidemi Damola Akintola
	ADC	Segun Jenyo
	APC	Yunus Akintunde
	APGA	Saheed Akinkunmi Azeez
	LP	Lamidi Basiru Apapa
	NRM	Samuel Opeyemi Ojo
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Aderoju Isma’l Balogun
	PRP	Gbolagade Adediran
	PDP	Bisi Ilaka
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

Oyo North

2023 Oyo North Senatorial District election

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →

Nominee Abdulfatai Buhari Akinwale Akinwole Party APC PDP Popular vote 90,078 77,034 Percentage 53.90% 46.10%

Senator before election Abdulfatai Buhari APC Elected Senator Abdulfatai Buhari APC

The Oyo North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Atisbo, Irepo, Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Iwajowa, Kajola, Ogbomosho North, Ogbomosho South, Olorunsogo, Orelope, Ori Ire, Saki East, and Saki West. Incumbent Abdulfatai Buhari (APC), who was elected with 37.1% of the vote in 2019, is seeking re-election.

General election

Results

2023 Oyo North Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	A	Shina Peller
	APP	Taiwo Bimpe Adesokan
	ADC	Solomon Babatunde Hammed
	APC	Abdulfatai Buhari
	LP	Ganiyu Atanda Salami
	NRM	Adeleke Babarinde
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Ahmed Adeniyi Shuaib
	PRP	Taiwo Muneen Agbeje
	PDP	Akinwale Akinwole
	SDP	Mulikat Adeola Akande
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

Oyo South

2023 Oyo South Senatorial District election

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →

Nominee Sharafadeen Alli Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe Party APC PDP Popular vote 111,513 92,481 Percentage 46.93% 38.92% MAP

Senator before election Mohammed Kola Balogun APC Elected Senator Sharafadeen Alli APC

The Oyo South Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, Ibadan South-West, Ibarapa Central, Ibarapa East, Ibarapa North, and Ido. Incumbent Mohammed Kola Balogun (APC) was elected with 37.6% of the vote in 2019 as member of the PDP; he defected to the APC in May 2022.^[8] Balogun sought re-election but lost in the APC primary.

General election

Results

2023 Oyo South Senatorial District election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	A	Idris Kolapoboye Kola-Daisi
	AA	Philip Adewale Aderinto
	APP	Muili Olaide Adigun Adeli
	ADC	Lukman Adeola Adetunji
	APC	Sharafadeen Alli
	APGA	Gbenga Christopher Adeniyi
	LP	Olauwasegun Theophilius Oladimeji
	NRM	Hakeem Oseni
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Adewale Funmilola Maryam Gbogbolomo
	PRP	Soladoye Akeem Ibrahim
	PDP	Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe
	SDP	Rotimi Johnson Adeniyi
	YPP	Adenike Morenike Victor-Tade
Total votes				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

See also

• 2023 Nigerian Senate election
• 2023 Nigerian elections
• 2023 Oyo State elections

Notes

1. This senator was elected as a member of the PDP but switched to the APC during their term.