In the 2023 Kano Central Senatorial District election, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau of the New Nigerian Peoples Party was declared the victor.
The NNPP nominated Shekarau, a sitting senator, to run for the office of senator on its platform.
Prior to the elections, he made the decision to leave the NNPP and give up his hopes of becoming a senator in favor of the Peoples Democratic Party.
But the Independent National Electoral Commission later insisted that it still recognised him as the legitimate NNPP candidate, even though the party replaced him with another candidate, Rufa’i Sani Hanga.
Shekarau, who is going to the red chamber for the second time was declared by the returning officer of the senatorial district, Professor Tijjani Darma.
According to INEC, Shekarau polled 456,787 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate, Alhaji Abdulkarim Zaura, who polled 168,677 votes.