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href="/wiki/Osun_State" title="Osun State">OS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Governors_Forum" title="Progressive Governors Forum">Governors Forum</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Hope_Uzodinma" class="mw-redirect" title="Hope Uzodinma">Hope Uzodinma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">IM</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">6 February 2013<span class="noprint">; 12 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2013-02-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Merger of</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Action_Congress_of_Nigeria" title="Action Congress of Nigeria">ACN</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Progressive_Change" title="Congress for Progressive Change">CPC</a><br /><a href="/wiki/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" title="All Nigeria Peoples Party">ANPP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">40 Blantyre Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>, FCT</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_tent" title="Big tent">Big tent</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buharism" title="Buharism">Buharism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">Social conservatism</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Factions:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">Federalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-postnigeria_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postnigeria-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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Nigeria">Senate</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">59 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)"> House of Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">176 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_governors_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of state governors of Nigeria">Governorships</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 56%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in state <a href="/wiki/Houses_of_Assembly_of_Nigerian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states">Houses of Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">598 / 991</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 60%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" 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of political parties in Nigeria">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nigeria" title="Elections in Nigeria">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>All Progressives Congress</b> (<b>APC</b>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/Multi-party_system" title="Multi-party system">two</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_party" title="Major party">major</a> contemporary <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nigeria" title="List of political parties in Nigeria">political parties in Nigeria</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Peoples Democratic Party</a> (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties,<sup id="cite_ref-Agree_to_Merge_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Agree_to_Merge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Welcome_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welcome-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the party came to power following the victory of party candidate <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a><sup id="cite_ref-Welcome_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welcome-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election" title="2015 Nigerian general election">2015 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully.<sup id="cite_ref-Nigeria_makes_history_in_presidential_election_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nigeria_makes_history_in_presidential_election-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>, although it fell shy of winning a <a href="/wiki/Super-majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-majority">super-majority</a> to override the ability of PDP to block legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-APC_wins_214_House_of_Reps'_seats_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APC_wins_214_House_of_Reps'_seats-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-APC_wins_64_seats_in_Senate_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APC_wins_64_seats_in_Senate-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria" title="President of the Senate of Nigeria">Senate President</a> <a href="/wiki/Bukola_Saraki" title="Bukola Saraki">Bukola Saraki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Yakubu_Dogara" title="Yakubu Dogara">Yakubu Dogara</a> among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_general_election" title="2019 Nigerian general election">2019 general election</a>, which also saw the party solidify its majorities in both chambers. </p><p>In the 2023 general election, APC candidate <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> won the presidential election. He was declared winner by <a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Nigeria)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Nigeria)">Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)</a> polling 8,794,726 votes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formed in February 2013, the party is the result of a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties – the <a href="/wiki/Action_Congress_of_Nigeria" title="Action Congress of Nigeria">Action Congress of Nigeria</a> (ACN), the <a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Progressive_Change" title="Congress for Progressive Change">Congress for Progressive Change</a> (CPC), and the <a href="/wiki/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" title="All Nigeria Peoples Party">All Nigeria Peoples Party</a> (ANPP) along with a breakaway faction of the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance" title="All Progressives Grand Alliance">All Progressives Grand Alliance</a> (APGA) and the new PDP – a faction of then ruling People's Democratic Party.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Risks_in_merger_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risks_in_merger-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Approves_Merger_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Approves_Merger-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-This_Time_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-This_Time-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resolution was signed by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ikimi" title="Tom Ikimi">Tom Ikimi</a>, who represented the ACN; Senator <a href="/wiki/Annie_Okonkwo" title="Annie Okonkwo">Annie Okonkwo</a> on behalf of APGA; <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Shekarau" title="Ibrahim Shekarau">Ibrahim Shekarau</a>, the Chairman of ANPP's Merger Committee; and Garba Shehu, the Chairman of CPC's Merger Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Party_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Party-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party received approval from the nation's <a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission_(Nigeria)" title="Independent National Electoral Commission (Nigeria)">Independent National Electoral Commission</a> (INEC) on 31 July 2013 to become a political party and subsequently withdrew the operating licenses of the three parties that merged (the ACN, CPC and ANPP). In March 2013, it was reported that two other associations – African Peoples Congress and All Patriotic Citizens – also applied for INEC registration, adopting APC as an acronym as well, reportedly "a development interpreted to be a move to thwart the successful coalition of the opposition parties, ahead of the 2015 general elections."<sup id="cite_ref-Congress_meet_over_APC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congress_meet_over_APC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported in April 2013 that the party was considering changing its name to the All Progressive Congress of Nigeria (APCN) to avoid further complications.<sup id="cite_ref-APCN_as_new_name_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APCN_as_new_name-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the party name remained. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–2015"><span id="2013.E2.80.932015"></span>2013–2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2013–2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2013, five serving <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nigerian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of governors of Nigerian states">Governors</a> from the governing PDP defected to the APC: <a href="/wiki/Rotimi_Amaechi" title="Rotimi Amaechi">Rotimi Amaechi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abdulfatah_Ahmed" title="Abdulfatah Ahmed">Abdulfatah Ahmed</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kwara_State" title="Kwara State">Kwara State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabiu_Kwankwaso" title="Rabiu Kwankwaso">Rabiu Kwankwaso</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kano_State" title="Kano State">Kano State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Nyako" title="Murtala Nyako">Murtala Nyako</a> of <a href="/wiki/Adamawa_State" title="Adamawa State">Adamawa State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aliyu_Wamakko" class="mw-redirect" title="Aliyu Wamakko">Aliyu Wamakko</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto State</a>. It had been previously reported that Governors <a href="/wiki/Mu%27azu_Babangida_Aliyu" title="Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu">Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu</a> of <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sule_Lamido" title="Sule Lamido">Sule Lamido</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jigawa_State" title="Jigawa State">Jigawa State</a> were set to defect from the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a> to the APC; however, both ended up remaining with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a>. Amid the governors' defections, nearly 50 federal legislators (including <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Aminu_Tambuwal" title="Aminu Tambuwal">Aminu Tambuwal</a>) joined the party, adding to the 137 legislators in the APC as a result of the prior merger of the smaller opposition parties.<sup id="cite_ref-In_Political_Earthquake,_5_PDP_Govs_Defect_to_APC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_Political_Earthquake,_5_PDP_Govs_Defect_to_APC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These legislative defections initially gave the APC a slim majority of 186 legislators in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">Lower House</a> out of a total of 360 legislators; however, subsequent political wrangling and pressure from political factions and interests outside the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian National Assembly">National Assembly</a>, gave the party only 37 additional legislators thus giving the APC a nominal majority of 172 out of 360 Legislators, as opposed to the PDP's 171 (although some smaller PDP-allied parties held the balance of the other seats).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was further confirmed when the party seated 179 members on 15 January 2015 when the House resumed after a long recess to finally affirm its majority.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the party's first electoral tests were a number of off-year gubernatorial elections with the party nominee coming third in <a href="/wiki/2013_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2013 Anambra State gubernatorial election">Anambra State in 2013</a> while the next year, the APC incumbent was <a href="/wiki/2014_Ekiti_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Ekiti State gubernatorial election">unseated in Ekiti State</a> but the party's incumbent in <a href="/wiki/2014_Osun_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Osun State gubernatorial election">Osun State was re-elected</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its short history, the party faced infighting in 2014 as several notable members including Okonkwo, Ikimi, and Shekarau resigned from the party and joined the PDP.<sup id="cite_ref-“APC_lacks_internal_democracy”_–_Ex-Deputy_Chairman,_Annie_Okonkwo_rejoins_PDP_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-“APC_lacks_internal_democracy”_–_Ex-Deputy_Chairman,_Annie_Okonkwo_rejoins_PDP-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tom_Ikimi_dumps_APC,_attacks_Tinubu_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tom_Ikimi_dumps_APC,_attacks_Tinubu-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BREAKING:_Ex-Kano_Governor,_Shekarau,_dumps_APC_for_PDP_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BREAKING:_Ex-Kano_Governor,_Shekarau,_dumps_APC_for_PDP-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_elections">2015 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2015 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/200px-Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/300px-Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/400px-Map_of_the_2015_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="906" data-file-height="821" /></a><figcaption>2015 presidential election results by state</figcaption></figure> <p>Ahead of the elections, the <a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#APC" title="2015 Nigerian general election">party presidential primary</a> was held on 10 December 2014 with former military dictator <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a> winning by a significant margin.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the federal elections on 28 and 29 March 2015, Buhari <a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#President" title="2015 Nigerian general election">emerged victorious</a> over incumbent <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a> by 2.6 million votes—a margin of nine percentage points. The APC <a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#House_of_Representatives" title="2015 Nigerian general election">expanded its House of Representatives majority</a> to over 210 seats and <a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election#Senate" title="2015 Nigerian general election">gained a majority in the Senate</a> with 60 seats. In state elections (mainly on 11 April), 21 governorships were won by the APC while the party also won the majority of state <a href="/wiki/Houses_of_Assembly_of_Nigerian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states">Houses of Assembly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–2019"><span id="2015.E2.80.932019"></span>2015–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2015–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the legislative session in June 2015, the picks of the party leadership and Buhari for legislative leadership—<a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Lawan" title="Ahmad Lawan">Ahmad Lawan</a> (Yobe North) for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria" title="President of the Senate of Nigeria">President of the Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Femi_Gbajabiamila" title="Femi Gbajabiamila">Femi Gbajabiamila</a> (Surulere I) for <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a>—lost elections to those offices as dissenting APC members and PDP members voted for different leadership: <a href="/wiki/Bukola_Saraki" title="Bukola Saraki">Bukola Saraki</a> (APC-<a href="/wiki/Kwara_Central_Senatorial_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwara Central Senatorial District">Kwara Central</a>) for Senate President and <a href="/wiki/Yakubu_Dogara" title="Yakubu Dogara">Yakubu Dogara</a> (APC-Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa) for Speaker of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Gbajabiamila became House Majority Leader in 2015 and Lawan later became Senate Majority Leader in 2017, their defeat for the prime position of each body set up a legislature that often feuded with the Buhari-led executive.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party did well electorally during Buhari's first term, with a victories both the <a href="/wiki/2016_Edo_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 Edo State gubernatorial election">Edo State</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Ondo_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 Ondo State gubernatorial election">Ondo State</a> gubernatorial elections in 2016 but a loss in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election">Anambra State gubernatorial election in 2017</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, the party <a href="/wiki/2018_Ekiti_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Ekiti State gubernatorial election">gained the Ekiti State governorship</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_Osun_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Osun State gubernatorial election">held the Osun State governorship</a>. However, the APC faced larger issues in holding its members together as number of prominent defections (former Vice President <a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">House of Representatives Speaker</a> and incumbent <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Sokoto_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Sokoto State">Governor of Sokoto State</a> <a href="/wiki/Aminu_Tambuwal" title="Aminu Tambuwal">Aminu Tambuwal</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kano_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kano State">Governor of Kano State</a> and Senator <a href="/wiki/Rabiu_Kwankwaso" title="Rabiu Kwankwaso">Rabiu Kwankwaso</a>, and incumbent <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Benue_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Benue State">Governor of Benue State</a> <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ortom" title="Samuel Ortom">Samuel Ortom</a>) occurred throughout 2017 and 2018 during an internal crisis that culminated in the defections of Saraki and Dogara along with the loss of the parties' federal legislative majorities.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an organisation, the party also faced problems during this period as party chairman <a href="/wiki/John_Odigie_Oyegun" title="John Odigie Oyegun">John Odigie Oyegun</a>, who had served in the role since party foundation, came under intense criticism from various internal factions in 2017 and 2018 despite Buhari's support for Odigie Oyegun.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Buhari initially pushed for Odigie Oyegun to continue in the position, he eventually agreed with governors in April 2018 to hold party congresses and elect new leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/List_of_state_parties_of_the_All_Progressives_Congress" title="List of state parties of the All Progressives Congress">state parties</a> held state congresses in May 2018, the national party held its convention in June and elected former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Edo_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Edo State">Governor of Edo State</a> <a href="/wiki/Adams_Oshiomhole" title="Adams Oshiomhole">Adams Oshiomhole</a> as National Chairman; <a href="/wiki/Mai_Mala_Buni" title="Mai Mala Buni">Mai Mala Buni</a> continued in the National Secretary role while former Senator <a href="/wiki/Lawali_Shuaibu" title="Lawali Shuaibu">Lawali Shuaibu</a> became Deputy National Chairman (North) and former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ekiti_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Ekiti State">Governor of Ekiti State</a> <a href="/wiki/Niyi_Adebayo" title="Niyi Adebayo">Niyi Adebayo</a> became Deputy National Chairman (South).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_elections">2019 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2019 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/200px-Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/300px-Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg/400px-Map_of_the_2019_Nigerian_presidential_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="906" data-file-height="821" /></a><figcaption>2019 presidential election results by state</figcaption></figure> <p>After direct primaries where Buhari was the sole candidate, he advanced to the general election where he defeated <a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a> by a margin of 14 percentage points—nearly 4 million votes. For the legislative elections, the APC regained its majorities in both the <a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2019 Nigerian House of Representatives election">House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_Senate_election" title="2019 Nigerian Senate election">Senate</a> after losing the majorities due to defections in 2018. On the state level, the party <a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_gubernatorial_elections" title="2019 Nigerian gubernatorial elections">lost four governorships and gained two governorships</a> leading to a net loss of two governors' offices while winning a majority of state <a href="/wiki/Houses_of_Assembly_of_Nigerian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states">Houses of Assembly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019–2022"><span id="2019.E2.80.932022"></span>2019–2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2019–2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the legislative session in June 2019, the previous picks of the party leadership and Buhari for legislative leadership from 2015—<a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Lawan" title="Ahmad Lawan">Ahmad Lawan</a> (Yobe North) for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria" title="President of the Senate of Nigeria">President of the Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Femi_Gbajabiamila" title="Femi Gbajabiamila">Femi Gbajabiamila</a> (Surulere I) for <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a>—successfully won election to those offices as the party avoided large scale internal dissent unlike 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lawan-led Senate and Gbajabiamila-helmed House of Representatives were much closer to the executive compared to the previous National Assembly, with critics even derisively referring to the assembly as a "<a href="/wiki/Rubber_stamp_(politics)" title="Rubber stamp (politics)">rubber stamp</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In off-year elections, results were mixed as the APC incumbent in <a href="/wiki/2020_Ondo_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election">Ondo State</a> won re-election but the APC-turned-PDP incumbent in <a href="/wiki/2020_Edo_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 Edo State gubernatorial election">Edo State</a> also held his office in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coupled with the loss of Edo, the party came a distant third in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Anambra_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election">Anambra State gubernatorial election in 2021</a> and the APC incumbent was <a href="/wiki/2022_Osun_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Osun State gubernatorial election">unseated in Osun State</a> the next year;<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though, the party <a href="/wiki/2022_Ekiti_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election">held the Ekiti State governorship</a> in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a part of a concerted effort to woo defectors, three governors joined the APC—<a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dave_Umahi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Umahi">Dave Umahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Ayade" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict Ayade">Benedict Ayade</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zamfara_State" title="Zamfara State">Zamfara State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bello_Matawalle" title="Bello Matawalle">Bello Muhammad Matawalle</a>—in 2020 and 2021 along with dozens of state and federal lawmakers; however, political moves around party primaries in 2022 erased most of these legislative gains due to members leaving the APC. </p><p>However, the APC faced more internal leadership crises as disputes over the leadership of National Chairman <a href="/wiki/Adams_Oshiomhole" title="Adams Oshiomhole">Adams Oshiomhole</a> dominated party internal affairs in 2019 and 2020 with Oshiomhole feuding with several APC governors during the 2019 campaign and its aftermath. Tensions rose in November 2019 when the state APC in Edo State—Oshiomhole's home state—suspended his party membership and argued that a suspended member could not serve in a leadership position.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually litigation decided the dispute, with a High Court suspending in Oshiomhole as Chairman in March 2020 based on his membership suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the suspension was affirmed during the appeal process, there was a brief June 2020 power struggle between two members of the National Working Committee—<a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_Gaidom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victor Gaidom (page does not exist)">Victor Gaidom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abiola_Ajimobi" title="Abiola Ajimobi">Abiola Ajimobi</a>—before the party National Executive Council opted to dissolve the National Working Committee and set up the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CECPC was led by former Party Secretary and incumbent <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Yobe_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Yobe State">Governor of Yobe State</a> <a href="/wiki/Mai_Mala_Buni" title="Mai Mala Buni">Mai Mala Buni</a> and former Senator <a href="/wiki/John_James_Akpan_Udo-Edehe" title="John James Akpan Udo-Edehe">John James Akpan Udo-Edehe</a> becoming National Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The caretaker committee was meant to serve for a few months before a national convention was held with elections for permanent leadership but the committee's term was extended until early 2022 despite regular lawsuits and internal attempts to remove the CECPC.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite continued party infighting that plagued October 2021 state congresses and an attempted "palace coup" to replace Buni with <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Niger_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Niger State">Governor of Niger State</a> <a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Sani_Bello" title="Abubakar Sani Bello">Abubakar Sani Bello</a> in while Buni was abroad for medical attention, the national convention was finally held on 26 March 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The convention mainly used the contentious "consensus" method of electing officials with allegations that Buhari and governors had imposed candidates on the party; in the convention, Senator <a href="/wiki/Abdullahi_Adamu" title="Abdullahi Adamu">Abdullahi Adamu</a> became National Chairman and former <a href="/wiki/Iyiola_Omisore" title="Iyiola Omisore">Iyiola Omisore</a> became National Secretary while Senator <a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Kyari" title="Abubakar Kyari">Abubakar Kyari</a> became Deputy National Chairman (North) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emma_Eneukwu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emma Eneukwu (page does not exist)">Emma Eneukwu</a> became Deputy National Chairman (South).<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_elections">2023 elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2023 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite a contentious campaign period rife with allegations of misconduct and vote-buying, the <a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_presidential_election#All_Progressives_Congress" title="2023 Nigerian presidential election">APC presidential primary</a> on 7 and 8 June 2022 was held peacefully with former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Lagos_State" title="Governor of Lagos State">Governor of Lagos State</a> <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/Rotimi_Amaechi" title="Rotimi Amaechi">Rotimi Amaechi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemi_Osinbajo" title="Yemi Osinbajo">Yemi Osinbajo</a>, and eleven other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the party ticket became immensely controversial the next month when Tinubu selected <a href="/wiki/Kashim_Shettima" title="Kashim Shettima">Kashim Shettima</a>—a Senator and former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Borno_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Borno State">Governor of Borno State</a>—as the APC vice presidential nominee;<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the selection created a Muslim-Muslim ticket, violating an unwritten convention against same religion tickets to ensure representative diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_ideology">Political ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Political ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_issues">Economic issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economic issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The APC is generally considered to be a party that favours <a href="/wiki/Controlled_market" class="mw-redirect" title="Controlled market">controlled market</a> economic policies, and a strong and active role for government regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A substantial number of its political leaders are followers of or politicians who subscribe to the <a href="/wiki/Social_democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Social democratic">social democratic</a> political philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Obafemi_Awolowo" title="Obafemi Awolowo">Obafemi Awolowo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a> and anti-class views of <a href="/wiki/Aminu_Kano" title="Aminu Kano">Aminu Kano</a>. Moreover, the majority of the APC's base of political support is in southwestern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria, which are dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hausa-Fulani" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausa-Fulani">Hausa-Fulani</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In December 2014, the APC was admitted as a consultative member of <a href="/wiki/Socialist_International" title="Socialist International">Socialist International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_issues">Social issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Social issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The APC support states' rights, advancing state police as part of its manifesto.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the parties' domination by pro-devolution politicians like <a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a> (prior to his leaving the party), <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> and Chief <a href="/wiki/Bisi_Akande" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisi Akande">Bisi Akande</a>, the party's presidential bearer and the CPC wing is less inclined to <a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">federalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-postnigeria_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postnigeria-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 November 2017, Aliyu Ibrahim Panda became the first candidate under the party to declare his intention to seek the office of the president of Nigeria in the 2019 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Party candidate </th> <th>Running mate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_Nigerian_general_election" title="2015 Nigerian general election">2015</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yemi_Osinbajo" title="Yemi Osinbajo">Yemi Osinbajo</a> </td> <td>15,424,921 </td> <td>53.96% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigerian_general_election" title="2019 Nigerian general election">2019</a> </th> <td>15,191,847 </td> <td>55.60% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="2023 Nigerian presidential election">2023</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kashim_Shettima" title="Kashim Shettima">Kashim Shettima</a> </td> <td>8,794,726 </td> <td>36.61<b>%</b> </td> <td><b>Elected <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Representatives_and_Senate_elections">House of Representatives and Senate elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: House of Representatives and Senate elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">House of Representatives</a> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Senate_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate (Nigeria)">Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2015">2015</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">212 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 59%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">60 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 55%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 19 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_general_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian general election, 2019">2019</a> </th> <td>12,931,229 </td> <td>47.38% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">217 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 60%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td>13,392,474 </td> <td>48.31% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">64 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 59%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_general_election" title="2023 Nigerian general election">2023</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">176 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 41 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">59 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gubernatorial_elections">Gubernatorial elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Gubernatorial elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Number of states won </th></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">26 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 72%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87BEEB; color:inherit; width: 56%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Progressives_Congress&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_parties_of_the_All_Progressives_Congress" title="List of state parties of the All Progressives Congress">List of state parties of the All Progressives Congress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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title="African Democratic Congress">African Democratic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance" title="All Progressives Grand Alliance">All Progressives Grand Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Nigeria Peoples Party">New Nigeria Peoples Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Social Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Progressives_Party" title="Young Progressives Party">Young Progressives Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Smaller <sup><small>2</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accord_(Nigeria)" title="Accord (Nigeria)">Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Action Alliance">Action 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style="text-align:center;;width:1%">Defunct major parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_Group_(Nigeria)" title="Action Group (Nigeria)">Action Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kano_People%27s_Party" title="Kano People's Party">Kano People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Nigeria_and_the_Cameroons" title="National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons">National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Democratic_Party" title="Nigerian National Democratic Party">Nigerian National Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a 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