The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially confirmed the receipt of 110 applications from associations seeking registration as political parties in Nigeria.
Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the Commission is processing the applications in strict compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines.
“As of Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties,” Yakubu announced.
“We are diligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law as well as our regulations and guidelines. We have acknowledged all applications received, except for six, which were submitted recently and will be acknowledged before the end of the week.”
He encouraged Nigerians interested in forming political parties to consult the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022, available on the Commission’s website.
Yakubu also confirmed that the full list of the 110 associations, including proposed names, acronyms, addresses, and names of Chairmen and Secretaries, will be uploaded on INEC’s official website and social media handles. Hard copies have also been shared with stakeholders at the meeting.
FULL LIST OF ASSOCIATIONS SEEKING PARTY REGISTRATION
- Key of Freedom Party (KFP)
- Absolute Congress (ABC)
- All Grassroots Party (AGP)
- Congress Action Party (CAP)
- United Social Democrats (USDP)
- National Action Congress Party (NACP)
- Great Alliance Party (GAP)
- New Nigeria Congress (NNC)
- United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP)
- Allied Conservative Congress (ACC)
- Peoples Freedom Party (PFP)
- All Nigerians’ Party (AND)
- Abundant Social Party (ASP)
- Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN)
- National Freedom Party (NFP)
- Patriots Party (PP)
- Movement of the People (MOP)
- Peoples National Congress (PNC)
- African Union Congress (AUC)
- Alliance of Patriots (AOP)
- Socialist Equality Party (SEP)
- About Nigeria Party (ABNP)
- African Reformation Party (ARP)
- Accelerated African Development Association (AADA)
- Obidient Peoples Party (OPP)
- Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM)
- Zuma Reform (ZR)
- Party for Socialist Transformation (PST)
- Liberation People’s Party (LPP)
- Progressive Obedients Party (POP)
- Great Nigeria Party (GNP)
- National Youth Alliance (NYA)
- National Reform Party (NRP)
- Patriotic Congress Party (PCP)
- Community Alliance Party (CAP)
- Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP)
- Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC)
- All Nigerians Alliance (ANA)
- Team New Nigeria (TNN)
- All Labour’s Party (ALP)
- New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP)
- New Green Congress (NGC)
- New Green Coalition Party (NGCP)
- About All (Nigerian)
- Nigerian Liberty Movement (NLM)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- Citizen United Congress (CUC)
- All Gender Party (AGP)
- Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria (PUAN)
- Village Intelligence Party (VIP)
- Great Transformation Party (GTP)
- Alliance Social Party
- Nigeria Democratic Alliance (NIDA)
- New National Democratic Party (NNDP)
- Obedients Peoples Party
- Nourish Democratic People’s Congress (NDPC)
- All Youth Reclaim Party (AYRP)
- LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society
- Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria (AYPN)
- The True Democrats (TTD)
- Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC)
- National Democratic Movement
- Economic Liberation Party (ELP)
- Grassroot Ambassador’s Party (GAP)
- All For All Congress (AFAC)
- People Democratic Alliance (PDA)
- United National Youths Party of Nigeria
- Peoples Liberation Party (PLP)
- Democratic Union for Progress (DUP)
- Citizen Democratic Alliance (CDA)
- African Action Group (AAG)
- Patriots Alliance Network (PAN)
- Democratic Leadership Party (DLP)
- Pink Political Party (PPP)
- Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum
- Access Party (AP)
- Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative (YPEI)
- Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party (GRAP)
- Republican Party of Nigeria
- Sceptre Influence Party (SIP)
- Young Democratic Congress (YDC)
- Patriotic Nigerians Party (PNP)
- Far-Right Party
- Democratic People’s Party (DPP)
- United Citizens Congress (UCC)
- Reset Nigeria (RN)
- New Nigeria Democratic Party
- Save Nigeria People Party (SNPP)
- Above All (AA)
- Alliance for Youth and Women Party (AYWP)
- Rebuild Nigeria Group (RNG)
- Citizen Progressive Party (CPP)
- Good Guardian Party (CG PARTY)
- Abiding Greatness Party (AGP)
- Patriotic Peoples’ Party (PPP)
- Development & Freedom Party (DFP)
- Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture (PUP Culture)
- The Populist Party (Party P)
- New Nigeria Leadership Party (NNLP)
- All Allies Alliance
- National Action Network (NAN)
- Coalition for Nigerian Democrats (CND)
- Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)
- Abundance Africa Alliance (AAA)
- Freewill Humanitarian Party (FHP)
- Peoples Emancipation Party (PEP)
- Peoples Liberation Congress Party (PLPC)
- Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC)
- All Democratic Alliance (ADA)
- Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA)