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2027: Middle-aged voters dominate Nigeria’s 103m voter register – INEC

INEC says the voter register grew to 103 million registered voters after three phases of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise conducted between August 2025 and July 2026. The post 2027: Middle-aged voters dominate Nigeria’s 103m voter register – INEC appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

2027: Middle-aged voters dominate Nigeria’s 103m voter register – INEC

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the country's voter register has grown to 103 million registered voters. This follows a three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise conducted between August 2025 and July 2026.

According to INEC Chairman Prof Joash Amupitan, Lagos State has the highest number of registered voters, with 7,488,633 voters, as reported by Daily Post Nigeria. However, Punch Nigeria provides slightly different numbers for the top three states: Lagos with 7,488,633 registered voters, Kano with 6,570,276, and Kaduna with 4,662,640.

The states with the lowest number of registered voters are Ekiti with 1,055,708, Bayelsa with 1,000,200,691, the FCT with 1,000,732,43, Yobe with 1,733,641, and Gombe with 1,768,566, as per Daily Post Nigeria.

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