The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the breakdown of seats won by political parties in the National Assembly, held on Saturday, February 25.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioner (RECs) in Abuja yesterday, said election into 423 out of 469 national legislative seats have been concluded and results declared.
The electoral body said eight political parties out of the 18 recognised parties in the country produced lawmakers in the election.
The parties are: the All Progressives Congress, (APC); the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP); the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA); Social Democratic Party, (SDP); Labour Party, (LP); New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP); African Democratic Party, (ADC), and the Young People Party, (YPP).
According to Yakubu, in the Senate, 98 out of 109 seats have been declared while 325 out of 360 seats have been declared for the House of Representatives. He said APC won majority in the Senate, with 57 seats; while the PDP got 29 seats. The LP has six seats, NNPP and SDP have two seats each; APGA and YPP have one each.
Yakubu further stated that in the House of Representatives, the APC has so far won 162 seats out of the 325 seats declared, while PDP won 102. He further said LP and NNPP have 34 and 18 seats respectively. APGA, four seats, ADC and SDP two each, while YPP got one seat.
The INEC Boss disclosed that supplementary elections will be held in 46 constituencies to complete the National Assembly seats. He did not however give the date for the exercise. With 57 seats in the upper chamber, the APC has formed the majority, though it has yet to achieve that in the lower House. A party requires 180 seats to form majority in the House.
Mahmood described the 10th Assembly as the most diverse National Assembly since 1999.
The INEC chair said Certificates of Return will be presented to Senators-elect on Tuesday at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, while members of the House of Representatives-elect will receive theirs on Wednesday, adding that the comprehensive list of all members-elect will be uploaded to the Commission’s website “shortly”.
