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 legendStateSenatorsFederal constituencies
1Abia State38
2Adamawa State38
3Akwa-Ibom State310
4Anambra State311
5Bauchi State312
6Bayelsa State35
7Benue State311
8Borno State310
9Cross River State38
10Delta State310
11Ebonyi State36
12Edo State39
13Ekiti State36
14Enugu State38
15Gombe State36
16Imo State310
17Jigawa State311
18Kaduna State316
19Kano State324
20Katsina State315
21Kebbi State38
22Kogi State39
23Kwara State36
24Lagos State324
25Nasarawa State35
26Niger State310
27Ogun State39
28Ondo State39
29Osun State39
30Oyo State314
31Plateau State38
32Rivers State313
33Sokoto State311
34Taraba State36
35Yobe State36
36Zamfara State37
37Federal capital territory 12
All 109360

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)

s and whips are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot. With the APC holding a majority of seats and the PDP holding a minority, the current leaders in the 8th National Assembly are: Majority Leader Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Whip Ado Garba Alhassan, Minority Leader Ogor Okuweh, and Minority Whip Umar Barde Yakubu.