March 07, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of Senators-elect, following the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The list was posted on the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Monday night.
In a statement on Sunday, INEC had said it would present Certificates of Return (CoR) to the Senators-elect on Tuesday.
“Certificates of Return will be presented to Senators-elect on Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 11.00am at the National Collation Centre (the International Conference Centre), Abuja, while Members of the House of Representatives-elect will receive theirs the following day, Wednesday 8th March 2023, at 11.00am at the same venue,” Chairman of the Commission, said on Sunday.
The elected legislators include 98 out of 109 Senate, and 325 out of 360 House of Representatives seats.
Seven parties won in the Senate, while eight parties won House of Representatives seats.
Yakubu noted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) retained the majority with 57 Senate seats and 162 at the House of Representatives.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 29 Senate seats and 102 in the House of Representatives, while the Labour Party had six in the Senate and 34 in the House of Representatives.
While the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) secured two Senate seats and 18 House of Representatives seats, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won two seats each for Senate and House of Representatives.
Professor Yakubu further disclosed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) won one Senate seat each, while the APGA secured four House of Representatives seats as against YPP’s one, just as the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) managed two House of Representatives seats.
Yakubu had said the winners were declared for 423 legislative seats, while supplementary elections would be conducted in 46 other constituencies.
See the list of Senators-elect below:
