List of political parties in Nigeria

This list is for the political parties and alliances in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Currently reign in the 36 states of Nigeria four parties, of which the People's Democratic Party with 76 seats in the House of Representatives is the largest.

  • 2.1 Fourth Republic
  • 2.2 transitional government
  • 2.3 Second Republic
  • 2.4 Colonial and First Republic

Existing parties

Parties with seats in Parliament

  • All Nigeria People's Party ( ANPP )
  • All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA )
  • Alliance for Democracy (AD)
  • National Democratic Party (NDP )
  • People's Democratic Party (PDP )
  • People's Redemption Party (PRP )
  • United Nigeria People's Party ( UNPP )

Extra-parliamentary parties

  • Action Congress ( AC)
  • Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD )
  • Communist Party of Nigeria ( CPN)
  • Fresh Democratic Party ( FDP)
  • People's Salvation Party ( PSP)

Resolved parties

Fourth Republic

  • All People's Party (APP )
  • Committee for National Consensus ( CNC)
  • Democratic Party of Nigeria ( DPN)
  • Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM )
  • National Centre Party of Nigeria ( NCPN )
  • United Nigeria Congress Party ( UNCP )

Transitional government

  • National Republican Convention (NRC )
  • Social Democratic Party ( SDP)

Second Republic

  • Greater Nigerian People's Party ( GNPP )
  • National Party of Nigeria ( NPN)
  • Nigeria Advance Party (NAP )
  • Nigerian People's Party (NPP )
  • People's Redemption Party (PRP )
  • Unity Party of Nigeria ( UPN)

Colonial and First Republic

  • Action Group ( AG)
  • Borno Youth Movement ( BYM )
  • Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroon ( DPNC )
  • Dynamic Party ( DP)
  • Igala Union ( IU )
  • Igbira Tribal Union ( ITU)
  • Kano People's Party ( CPP )
  • Lagos State United Front ( LSUF )
  • Mabolaje Grand Alliance ( MGA)
  • Midwest Democratic Front (MDF)
  • National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons ( NCNC )
  • Niger Delta Congress ( NDC)
  • Nigerian National Alliance ( NNA), alliance of NPC and NNDP
  • Nigerian National Democratic Party ( NNDP )
  • Nigerian Youth Movement
  • Northern Elements Progressive Union ( NEPU )
  • Northern People's Congress ( NPC)
  • Northern Progressive Front ( NPF )
  • Republican Party ( RP)
  • United Middle Belt Congress ( UMBC )
  • United National Independence Party ( UNIP )
  • United People 's Party ( UPP )
  • United Progressive Grand Alliance ( UPGA ), alliance of AG, NCNC and NEPU
  • Zamfara Commoners Party ( ZCP )
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