House of Representatives (Nigeria)
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber.
The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house.
Nigerian state delegations
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly for the federation which consist of a senate and a House of Representatives. The senate consist of three senate members from each Nigerian state and one senate member from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. There must be three hundred and sixty members in total, representing constituencies for the Federal House of Representatives.Map legend | State | Senators | Federal constituencies |
1 | Abia State | 3 | 8 |
2 | Adamawa State | 3 | 8 |
3 | Akwa-Ibom State | 3 | 10 |
4 | Anambra State | 3 | 11 |
5 | Bauchi State | 3 | 12 |
6 | Bayelsa State | 3 | 5 |
7 | Benue State | 3 | 11 |
8 | Borno State | 3 | 10 |
9 | Cross River State | 3 | 8 |
10 | Delta State | 3 | 10 |
11 | Ebonyi State | 3 | 6 |
12 | Edo State | 3 | 9 |
13 | Ekiti State | 3 | 6 |
14 | Enugu State | 3 | 8 |
15 | Gombe State | 3 | 6 |
16 | Imo State | 3 | 10 |
17 | Jigawa State | 3 | 11 |
18 | Kaduna State | 3 | 16 |
19 | Kano State | 3 | 24 |
20 | Katsina State | 3 | 15 |
21 | Kebbi State | 3 | 8 |
22 | Kogi State | 3 | 9 |
23 | Kwara State | 3 | 6 |
24 | Lagos State | 3 | 24 |
25 | Nasarawa State | 3 | 5 |
26 | Niger State | 3 | 10 |
27 | Ogun State | 3 | 9 |
28 | Ondo State | 3 | 9 |
29 | Osun State | 3 | 9 |
30 | Oyo State | 3 | 14 |
31 | Plateau State | 3 | 8 |
32 | Rivers State | 3 | 13 |
33 | Sokoto State | 3 | 11 |
34 | Taraba State | 3 | 6 |
35 | Yobe State | 3 | 6 |
36 | Zamfara State | 3 | 7 |
37 | Federal capital territory | 1 | 2 |
All | 109 | 360 |
Defection of some members in 2018
A group of 37 House members of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress defected to opposition parties in 2018 underscoring rising political tensions due to the upcoming election in 2019. 33 members defected to the major opposition party, People's Democratic Party, while four defected to African Democratic Congress.Members (since 1979)
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1992–1998
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1998–1999
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999–2003
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2003–2007
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2007–2011
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2011–2015
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2015–2019
- List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2019-2023
Party leaders