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.^[1] 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.

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River State

← 2019 25 February 2023 2027 →
Registered	1,766,466
Nominee Bola Tinubu Peter Obi Party APC LP Home state Lagos Anambra Running mate Kashim Shettima Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed   Nominee Rabiu Kwankwaso Atiku Abubakar Party New Nigeria Peoples Party PDP Home state Kano Adamawa Running mate Isaac Idahosa Ifeanyi Okowa
President before election Muhammadu Buhari APC Elected President TBD

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
			Tinubu APC	Obi LP	Kwankwaso NNPP	Abubakar PDP
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		As of
Africa Elects[a][2]	Likely Obi		24 February 2023
Dataphyte[b][3]
	Tinubu:	46.74%	11 February 2023
	Obi:	38.97%
	Abubakar:	7.62%
	Others:	6.68%
Enough is Enough- SBM Intelligence[c][4]	Obi		17 February 2023
SBM Intelligence[d][5]	Obi		15 December 2022
ThisDay[e][6]
	Tinubu:	25%	27 December 2022
	Obi:	35%
	Kwankwaso:	–
	Abubakar:	20%
	Others/Undecided:	20%
The Nation[f][7][8]	Battleground		12-19 February 2023

General election

Results

2023 Nigerian presidential election in Cross River State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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				100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				N/A
Turnout

By senatorial district

The results of the election by senatorial district.

Senatorial district	Bola Tinubu APC		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Cross River Central Senatorial District[g]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Cross River North Senatorial District[h]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Cross River South Senatorial District[i]	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		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency[j]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency[k]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency[l]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal Constituency[m]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency[n]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency[o]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency[p]	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD	%	TBD
Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency[q]	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		Atiku Abubakar PDP		Peter Obi LP		Rabiu Kwankwaso NNPP		Others		Total valid votes	Turnout (%)
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
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	%

See also

• 2023 Cross River State elections
• 2023 Nigerian presidential election

Notes

1. Africa Elects projections predict the likelihood of a candidate winning a state by categorizing a state as "Safe" for exceedingly likely, "Likely" for somewhat likely, and "Lean" for least likely. If no clear determination could be made, states are categorized as "tossups".
2. Dataphyte projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
3. EiE-SBM projections predict which candidates will win states.
4. SBM projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Too close to call" (TCC).
5. ThisDay projections predict candidates' projected votal shares in each state.
6. SBM projections predict which candidates will win states or, if no determination could be made, categorizes states as "Battlegrounds."
7. Comprising the local government areas of Abi, Boki, Etung, Ikom, Obubra, and Yakurr.
8. Comprising the local government areas of Bekwarra, Biase, Obanliku, Obudu, Ogoja, and Yala.
9. Comprising the local government areas of Akamkpa, Akpabuyo, Bakassi, Calabar Municipal, Calabar South, and Odukpani.
10. Comprising the local government areas of Abi and Yakurr.
11. Comprising the local government areas of Akamkpa and Biase.
12. Comprising the local government areas of Akpabuyo, Bakassi, and Calabar South.
13. Comprising the local government areas of Calabar Municipal and Odukpani.
14. Comprising the local government areas of Boki and Ikom.
15. Comprising the local government areas of Bekwarra, Obanliku, and Obudu.
16. Comprising the local government areas of Etung and Obubra.
17. Comprising the local government areas of Ogoja and Yala.