LABOUR PARTY BECOMES CLINCHES SIX SENATE, 34 REPS SEATS
The LP did not win a single seat in the 2019 National Assembly elections, in contrast to its remarkable success in the 2023 elections.
With six Senate seats and 34 House of Representative seats won in the National Assembly (NASS) elections on February 25, the pro-worker political organization known as the Labour Party (LP) appears to be gradually pushing its way into mainstream politics after more than 20 years since its founding.
Prior to this point, the Party for Social Democracy (PSD), which was formerly known as the Liberation Party (LP), was comparatively unknown in the political sphere. However, with the advent of the Peter Obi phenomenon, the PSD gained unprecedented popularity.
Without a doubt, the success of LP in the recently completed elections for the red and green chambers can be attributed to the popularity and acceptance of the party's flag bearer by a sizable portion of the party's youth base known as "Obidients."
At a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Saturday, Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stated, "In the elections last Saturday, winners have also been declared for 423 national legislative seats while supplementary elections will be held in 46 constituencies.
"In the Senate, 98 out of 109 seats have been declared. So far, seven political parties have won senatorial seats while in the House of Representatives, 325 out of 360 seats have been won by eight political parties."
Yakubu added that on Tuesday at the National Collation Center, Senators-elect would get Certificates of Return (the International Conference Centre). Electors for the House of Representatives would collect theirs on Wednesday at the same location as on Tuesday in Abuja.
The LP did not win a single seat in the 2019 National Assembly elections, in contrast to its remarkable success in the 2023 elections.
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