NEWS
INEC deregisters 74 political parties, political parties now 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 political parties in Nigeria.
This was disclosed on Thursday by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja.
Yakubu disclosed that the decision was taken by the commission in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).
“The political parties were deregistered because of their failure to meet various criteria stipulated by the constitution during the elections, ” Yakubu said
Nigeria in total has 92 political parties registered. With the new move by INEC, Nigeria now officially has 18 registered political parties.
| S/No. | NAME OF PARTY | ACRONYM |
| 1. | Accord Party | A |
| 2. | Action Alliance | AA |
| 3. | African Action Congress | AAC |
| 4. | African Democratic Congress | ADC |
| 5. | African Democratic Party | ADP |
| 6. | All Progressives Congress | APC |
| 7. | All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA |
| 8. | Allied Peoples Movement | APM |
| 9. | Labour Party | LP |
| 10. | New Nigeria Peoples Party | NNPP |
| 11. | National Rescue Movement | NRM |
| 12. | Peoples Democratic Party | PDP |
| 13. | Peoples Redemption Party | PRP |
| 14. | Social Democratic Party | SDP |
| 15. | Young Progressive Party | YPP |
| 16. | Zenith Labour Party | ZLP |
| 17. | Action Peoples Party | APP |
| 18. | Boot Party | BT |
