The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party

Political party

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 in Nigeria

Nigeria

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. At the last legislative elections

Elections in Nigeria

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, 12 April 2003, the party won 1.4 % of popular votes and 2 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeria

House of Representatives of Nigeria

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 and no seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of 19 April 2003, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician.Ojukwu served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966, the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and a leading Nigerian politician from 1983 to 2011, when he died, aged...

 won 3.3 % of the vote.

In governatorial elections of April 2011,
Chief Rochas Okorocha

Rochas Okorocha

Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is a Nigerian politician from Imo state, Nigeria who won the 6 May 2011 gubernatorial election in Imo state...

 (APGA), was elected governor of Imo state

Imo State

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, by polling 15% more votes than incumbent governor Ikedi Ohakim (PDP) making the party present in two states with Anambra state

Anambra State

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as the party's first presence.