ELECTORAL COMMISSION
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the main agent of democracy in Nigeria. INEC is the permanent body created by the constitution to organise Federal and State elections in Nigeria.
In the last elections, 63 political parties participated and were expected to win at least one seat in the National Assembly or State Houses of Assembly or risk deregistration. Results of the elections showed that only 10 parties fulfilled the requirement. They include the People Democratic Party (PDP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), Labour Party (LP), Progressive People Alliance (PPA), Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Accord Party (AP), Democratic People Party (DPP) and KOWA Party.
The 30 Registered Political Parties of Nigeria from 2014-2016.
| S/N | LOGO | PARTY NAME | PARTY ACRONYM |
| 1 |  |
Accord | A |
| 2 |  |
Action Alliance | AA |
| 3 |  |
Advanced Congress Of Democrats | ACD |
| 4 |  |
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria | ACPN |
| 5 |  |
Alliance For Democracy | AD |
| 6 |  |
African Democratic Congress | ADC |
| 7 |  |
African Peoples Alliance | APA |
| 8 |  |
All Progressive Congress | APC |
| 9 |  |
All Progressives Grand Alliance | APGA |
| 10 |  |
Citizens Popular Party | CPP |
| 11 |  |
Democratic Peoples Congress | DPC |
| 12 |  |
Democratic Peoples Party | DPP |
| 13 |  |
Fresh Democratic Party | FRESH |
| 14 |  |
Hope Democratic Party | HDP |
| 15 |  |
Independent Democrats | ID |
| 16 |  |
Kowa Party | KP |
| 17 |  |
Labour Party | LP |
| 18 |  |
Mega Progressive Peoples Party | MPPP |
| 19 |  |
National Conscience Party | NCP |
| 20 |  |
New Nigeria Peoples Party | NNPP |
| 21 |  |
People For Democratic Change | PDC |
| 22 |  |
Peoples Democratic Movement | PDM |
| 23 |  |
Peoples Democratic Party | PDP |
| 24 |  |
Progressive Peoples Alliance | PPA |
| 25 |  |
Peoples Party of Nigeria | PPN |
| 26 |  |
Social Democratic Party | SDP |
| 27 |  |
United Democratic Party | UDP |
| 28 |  |
Unity Party of Nigeria | UPN |
| 29 |  |
United Progressive Party | UPP |
| 30 |  |
Young Democratic Party | YDP |