The names of the political parties that will run in the next local government elections on January 18, 2025, have been made public by the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC).

Tunde Adeleye, the Commissioner in charge of Communication, Media, and Information Technology, made this information public on Friday. Adeleye claims that following the screening process held at the ODIEC Headquarters on Friday, December 27, 2025, 13 political parties were authorized to run for office as council members in the state’s 203 wards and chairmanships in the 18 Local Government Areas. Bisi Lawani, the Commission’s Media Officer, claims that on January 1st, 2025, ODIEC published the list of political parties that had been vetted and approved. These are the political parties:

1. Action Democratic Party (ADP)
2. Action People’s Party (APP)
3. All Progressive Congress (APC)
4. All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
5. Boot party (BP)
6. Labour Party (LP)
7. New Nigeria People Party (NNPP)
8. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
9. Social Democratic Party (SDP)
10. Young Progressive Party (YPP)
11. Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
12. Action Alliance (AA)
13. National Rescue Movement (NRM)

ODIEC equally disclosed that campaigns by political parties which commenced of 26th December 2024 will end on January 16th 2025.