The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the receipt of no fewer than 110 applications from political associations seeking registration as political parties in Nigeria.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Wednesday during the Commission’s second regular consultative meeting with media executives held at its headquarters in Abuja.
Speaking on the status of the applications, Yakubu clarified that all but six of the submitted requests have been acknowledged and are currently being processed in accordance with the Electoral Act, as well as INEC’s 2022 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties.
Reacting to criticisms suggesting that the Commission may be reluctant or biased in handling the party registration process, Yakubu described such claims as “unfounded and misleading.”
“Clearly, one of the topical issues on election administration in our country today is the status of the letters of intent we received from associations seeking registration as political parties amidst partisan insinuations in some quarters that the Commission is equivocating on the matter in a manner that compromises our independence,” Yakubu said.
“Nothing can be further from the truth,” he added, recalling similar accusations in 2013 when INEC was accused of frustrating the merger of opposition parties.
He assured Nigerians that the Commission remains committed to fairness and legality, stating: “We will treat all requests fairly, irrespective of the status of their promoters — be they ordinary or prominent citizens.”
The INEC boss noted that the current Commission holds the record for registering the highest number of political parties in Nigeria’s history. For the 2019 general election, there were 91 registered political parties and 73 presidential candidates—a move that drew both praise and criticism.
Yakubu emphasised that after the 2019 polls, the Commission deregistered over 70 political parties in line with constitutional provisions due to their failure to meet electoral performance benchmarks.
“As of Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties,” he revealed.
“We have acknowledged all requests received so far, except six of them received recently, which will be done before the end of the week,” Yakubu added.
He encouraged interested groups and the public to consult INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties (2022), available on the Commission’s official website, for clarity on the requirements and procedures.
SEE FULL LIST AND ACRONYM
1. Key of Freedom Party (KFP)
2. Absolute Congress (ABC)
3. All Grassroots Party (AGP)
4. Congress Action Party (CAP)
5. United Social Democrats (USDP)
6. National Action Congress Party (NACP)
7. Great Alliance Party (GAP)
8. New Nigeria Congress (NNC)
9. United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP)
10. Allied Conservative Congress (ACC)
11. Peoples Freedom Party (PFP)
12. All Nigerians’ Party (AND)
13. Abundant Social Party (ASP)
14. Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN)
15. National Freedom Party (NFP)
16. Patriots Party (PP)
17. Movement of the People (MOP)
18. Peoples National Congress (PNC)
19. African Union Congress (AUC)
20. Alliance of Patriots (AOP)
21. Socialist Equality Party (SEP)
22. About Nigeria Party (ABNP)
23. African Reformation Party (ARP)
24. Accelerated African Development Association (AADA)
25. Obidient Peoples Party (OPP)
26. Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM)
27. Zuma Reform (ZR)
28. Party for Socialist Transformation (PST)
29. Liberation People’s Party (LPP)
30. Progressive Obedients Party (POP)
31. Great Nigeria Party (GNP)
32. National Youth Alliance (NYA)
33. National Reform Party (NRP)
34. Patriotic Congress Party (PCP)
35. Community Alliance Party (CAP)
36. Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP)
37. Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC)
38. All Nigerians Alliance (ANA)
39. Team New Nigeria (TNN)
40. All Labour’s Party (ALP)
41. New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP)
42. New Green Congress (NGC)
43. New Green Coalition Party (NGCP)
44. About All (Nigerian)
45. Nigerian Liberty Movement (NLM)
46. National Democratic Party (NDP)
47. Citizen United Congress (CUC)
48. All Gender Party (AGP)
49. Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria (PUAN)
50. Village Intelligence Party (VIP)
51. Great Transformation Party (GTP)
52. Alliance Social Party (Not Provided)
53. Nigeria Democratic Alliance (NIDA)
54. New National Democratic Party (NNDP)
55. Obedients Peoples Party
56. Nourish Democratic People’s Congress (NDPC)
57. All Youth Reclaim Party (AYRP)
58. LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society
59. Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria (AYPN)
60. The True Democrats (TTD)
61. Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC)
62. National Democratic Movement
63. Economic Liberation Party (ELP)
64. Grassroot Ambassador’s Party (GAP)
65. All For All Congress (AFAC)
66. People Democratic Alliance (PDA)
67. United National Youths Party of Nigeria
68. Peoples Liberation Party (PLP)
69. Democratic Union for Progress (DUP)
70. Citizen Democratic Alliance (CDA)
71. African Action Group (AAG)
72. Patriots Alliance Network (PAN)
73. Democratic Leadership Party (DLP)
74. Pink Political Party (PPP)
75. Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum
76. Access Party (AP)
77. Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative (YPEI)
78. Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party (GRAP)
79. Republican Party of Nigeria
80. Sceptre Influence Party (SIP)
81. Young Democratic Congress (YDC)
82. Patriotic Nigerians Party (PNP)
83. Far-Right Party
84. Democratic People’s Party (DPP)
85. United Citizens Congress (UCC)
86. Reset Nigeria (RN)
87. New Nigeria Democratic Party ()
88. Save Nigeria People Party (SNPP)
89. Above All (AA)
90. Alliance for Youth and Women Party (AYWP)
91. Rebuild Nigeria Group (RNG)
92. Citizen Progressive Party (CPP)
93. Good Guardian Party (CG PARTY)
94. Abiding Greatness Party (AGP)
95. Patriotic Peoples’ Party (PPP)
96. Development & Freedom Party (DFP)
97. Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture (PUP Culture)
98. The Populist Party (Party P)
99. New Nigeria Leadership Party (NNLP)
100. All Allies Alliance
101. National Action Network (NAN)
102. Coalition for Nigerian Democrats (CND)
103. Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)
104. Abundance Africa Alliance (AAA)
105. Freewill Humanitarian Party (FHP)
106. Peoples Emancipation Party (PEP)
107. Peoples Liberation Congress Party (PLPC)
108. Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC)
109. All Democratic Alliance (ADA)
110. Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA)
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