2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election

The 2023 Oyo State gubernatorial election was held on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Oyo State, concurrent with elections to the Oyo State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election — which was postponed from its original 11 March date — was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent PDP Governor Seyi Makinde was re-elected, winning by a 34.5% margin of victory over first runner-up and APC nominee — Senator Teslim Folarin.

The primaries, scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022, resulted in Makinde being renominated by the Peoples Democratic Party by a wide margin on 25 May while the All Progressives Congress nominated Folarin — Senator for Oyo Central — on 26 May. The next month, Adebayo Adelabu — the runner-up in the APC primary — obtained the Accord nomination.

On 20 March, INEC declared Makinde as the victor as final totals showed him winning nearly 564,000 votes (~63% of the vote) to defeat Folarin with about 266,000 votes (~29% of the vote) and Adelabu, who won around 38,000 votes (~4% of the vote). Later that day, Folarin conceded defeat and congratulated Makinde in a statement.