See list of existing political parties in Nigeria

Following the de-registration of 74 political parties in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday immediately released the list of existing political parties in the country.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a press conference in Abuja had said the deregistered parties failed to meet constitutional requirements that determine the continuous existence of political parties in the country.

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Consequently, the Commission determined that sixteen (16) political parties have fulfilled the requirements for existence based on Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Meanwhile, INEC said seventy-five (75) political parties actually did not satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.

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However, according to the INEC, one of the political parties, the Action Peoples Party (APP) filed a suit in court and obtained an order restraining the Commission from deregistering it.

Consequently, the party remains registered pending the determination of the case by the court, INEC stated.

Also, INEC said the new political party, Boot Party (BP), registered by court order after the 2019 general election will also continue to exist.

With this development, Nigeria now has eighteen (18) registered political parties.

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The parties are:

  1. A – Accord Party
  2. AA – Action Alliance
  3. AAC – African Action Congress
  4. ADC – African Democratic Congress
  5. ADP – African Democratic Party
  6. APC – All Progressives Congress
  7. APGA – All Progressives Grand Alliance
  8. APM – Allied Peoples Movement
  9. APP – Action Peoples Party
  10. BP – Boot Party
  11. LP – Labour Party
  12. NNPP – New Nigeria Peoples Party
  13. NRM – National Rescue Movement
  14. PDP – Peoples Democratic Party
  15. PRP – Peoples Redemption Party
  16. SDP – Social Democratic Party
  17. YPP – Young Progressive Party
  18. ZLP – Zenith Labour Party

LIST OF DE-REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES

  1. AAP – ADVANCED ALLIED PARTY
  2. ABP – ALL BLENDING PARTY
  3. ACD – ADVANCED CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS
  4. ACPN – ALLIED CONGRESS PARTY OF NIGERIA
  5. AD – ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
  6. AGA – ALL GRASSROOTS ALLIANCE
  7. AGAP – ALL GRAND ALLIANCE PARTY
  8. ANDP – ADVANCED NIGERIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  9. ANN – ALLIANCE FOR NEW NIGERIA
  10. ANP – ALLIANCE NATIONAL PARTY
  11. ANRP – ABUNDANT NIGERIA RENEWAL PARTY
  12. APA – AFRICAN PEOPLE ALLIANCE
  13. APDA – ADVANCED PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
  14. APN – ALTERNATIVE PARTY OF NIGERIA
  15. ASD – ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
  16. AUN – ALLIANCE FOR A UNITED NIGERIA
  17. BNPP – BETTER NIGERIA PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  18. CAP – CHANGE ADVOCACY PARTY
  19. CC – COALITION FOR CHANGE
  20. CNP – CHANGE NIGERIA PARTY
  21. COP – CONGRESS OF PATRIOTS
  22. DA – DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE
  23. DPC – DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
  24. DPP – DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S PARTY
  25. FDP – FRESH DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  26. FJP – FREEDOM AND JUSTICE PARTY
  27. GDPN – GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT PARTY OF NIGERIA
  28. GPN – GREEN PARTY OF NIGERIA
  29. HDP – HOPE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  30. ID – INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
  31. JMPP – JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL PARTY
  32. KP – KOWA PARTY
  33. LM – LIBERATION MOVEMENT
  34. LPN – LEGACY PARTY OF NIGERIA
  35. MAJA – MASS ACTION JOINT ALLIANCE
  36. MDP – MODERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  37. MMN – MASSES MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA
  38. MPN – MEGA PARTY OF NIGERIA
  39. MRDD – MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION AND DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY
  40. NAC – NATIONAL ACTION COUNCIL
  41. NCMP – NIGERIA COMMUNITY MOVEMENT PARTY
  42. NCP – NATIONAL CONSCIENCE PARTY
  43. NDCP – NIGERIA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS PARTY
  44. NDLP – NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LIBERTY PARTY
  45. NEPP – NIGERIA ELEMENTS PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  46. NFD – NIGERIA FOR DEMOCRACY
  47. NGP – NEW GENERATION PARTY OF NIGERIA
  48. NIP – NATIONAL INTEREST PARTY
  49. NPC – NIGERIA PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
  50. NPM – NEW PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
  51. NUP – NATIONAL UNITY PARTY
  52. PCP – PEOPLE’S COALITION PARTY
  53. PDC – PEOPLE FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
  54. PDM – PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
  55. PPA – PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
  56. PPC – PROVIDENCE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
  57. PPN – PEOPLE’S PARTY OF NIGERIA
  58. PPP – PEOPLE’S PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  59. PT – PEOPLE’S TRUST
  60. RAP – REFORM AND ADVANCEMENT PARTY
  61. RBNP – RE-BUILD NIGERIA PARTY
  62. RP – RESTORATION PARTY OF NIGERIA
  63. SNC – SAVE NIGERIA CONGRESS
  64. SNP – SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA
  65. SPN – SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL PARTY
  66. UDP – UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  67. UP – UNITED PATRIOTS
  68. UPC – UNITED PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
  69. UPN – UNITY PARTY OF NIGERIA
  70. UPP – UNITED PROGRESSIVE PARTY
  71. WTPN – WE THE PEOPLE NIGERIA
  72. YDP – YOUNG DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  73. YES – YES ELECTORATES SOLIDARITY
  74. YP – YOUTH PARTY