List of political parties in Nigeria

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This list covers the political parties and alliances in the Federal Republic of Nigeria . There are currently four parties in power in the 36 states of Nigeria , of which the People's Democratic Party is the largest with 76 seats in the House of Representatives .

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)

• Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)

Dissolved parties

IV Republic

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

Transitional government

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

II 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 times 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 (KPP)
• 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)

See also

• List of political parties by country
• Political system of Nigeria

Web links

• africanelections.tripod.com