{
  "id": 17072064,
  "title": "2027: 592 candidates to battle for governorship, NASS, Assembly seats in Benue - INEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/2027-592-candidates-to-battle-for-governorship-nass-assembly-seats-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/29/2027-592-candidates-to-battle-for-governorship-nass-assembly-seats-in-benue-inec/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that 592 candidates will contest 52 elective positions in Benue State during the 2027 general elections, with 3,057,225 registered voters expected to cast their ballots at 5,102 polling units. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Aminu Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday during an INEC stakeholders’ […] 2027: 592…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}