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.
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.
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.
The parties are:
- A – Accord Party
- AA – Action Alliance
- AAC – African Action Congress
- ADC – African Democratic Congress
- ADP – African Democratic Party
- APC – All Progressives Congress
- APGA – All Progressives Grand Alliance
- APM – Allied Peoples Movement
- APP – Action Peoples Party
- BP – Boot Party
- LP – Labour Party
- NNPP – New Nigeria Peoples Party
- NRM – National Rescue Movement
- PDP – Peoples Democratic Party
- PRP – Peoples Redemption Party
- SDP – Social Democratic Party
- YPP – Young Progressive Party
- ZLP – Zenith Labour Party
LIST OF DE-REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES
- AAP – ADVANCED ALLIED PARTY
- ABP – ALL BLENDING PARTY
- ACD – ADVANCED CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS
- ACPN – ALLIED CONGRESS PARTY OF NIGERIA
- AD – ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
- AGA – ALL GRASSROOTS ALLIANCE
- AGAP – ALL GRAND ALLIANCE PARTY
- ANDP – ADVANCED NIGERIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- ANN – ALLIANCE FOR NEW NIGERIA
- ANP – ALLIANCE NATIONAL PARTY
- ANRP – ABUNDANT NIGERIA RENEWAL PARTY
- APA – AFRICAN PEOPLE ALLIANCE
- APDA – ADVANCED PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
- APN – ALTERNATIVE PARTY OF NIGERIA
- ASD – ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
- AUN – ALLIANCE FOR A UNITED NIGERIA
- BNPP – BETTER NIGERIA PROGRESSIVE PARTY
- CAP – CHANGE ADVOCACY PARTY
- CC – COALITION FOR CHANGE
- CNP – CHANGE NIGERIA PARTY
- COP – CONGRESS OF PATRIOTS
- DA – DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE
- DPC – DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
- DPP – DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S PARTY
- FDP – FRESH DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- FJP – FREEDOM AND JUSTICE PARTY
- GDPN – GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT PARTY OF NIGERIA
- GPN – GREEN PARTY OF NIGERIA
- HDP – HOPE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- ID – INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
- JMPP – JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL PARTY
- KP – KOWA PARTY
- LM – LIBERATION MOVEMENT
- LPN – LEGACY PARTY OF NIGERIA
- MAJA – MASS ACTION JOINT ALLIANCE
- MDP – MODERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- MMN – MASSES MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA
- MPN – MEGA PARTY OF NIGERIA
- MRDD – MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION AND DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY
- NAC – NATIONAL ACTION COUNCIL
- NCMP – NIGERIA COMMUNITY MOVEMENT PARTY
- NCP – NATIONAL CONSCIENCE PARTY
- NDCP – NIGERIA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS PARTY
- NDLP – NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LIBERTY PARTY
- NEPP – NIGERIA ELEMENTS PROGRESSIVE PARTY
- NFD – NIGERIA FOR DEMOCRACY
- NGP – NEW GENERATION PARTY OF NIGERIA
- NIP – NATIONAL INTEREST PARTY
- NPC – NIGERIA PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
- NPM – NEW PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
- NUP – NATIONAL UNITY PARTY
- PCP – PEOPLE’S COALITION PARTY
- PDC – PEOPLE FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
- PDM – PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
- PPA – PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
- PPC – PROVIDENCE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
- PPN – PEOPLE’S PARTY OF NIGERIA
- PPP – PEOPLE’S PROGRESSIVE PARTY
- PT – PEOPLE’S TRUST
- RAP – REFORM AND ADVANCEMENT PARTY
- RBNP – RE-BUILD NIGERIA PARTY
- RP – RESTORATION PARTY OF NIGERIA
- SNC – SAVE NIGERIA CONGRESS
- SNP – SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA
- SPN – SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL PARTY
- UDP – UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- UP – UNITED PATRIOTS
- UPC – UNITED PEOPLE’S CONGRESS
- UPN – UNITY PARTY OF NIGERIA
- UPP – UNITED PROGRESSIVE PARTY
- WTPN – WE THE PEOPLE NIGERIA
- YDP – YOUNG DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- YES – YES ELECTORATES SOLIDARITY
- YP – YOUTH PARTY