By - INEC’s completed voter register stands at 103,428,715 nationwide, with Lagos, Kano and Kaduna topping the list of registered voters by state
- Ekiti has the fewest registered voters at 1,055,708, while the three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise added 10,772,421 new names before final cleanup
- Register opens for public scrutiny from October 9 to 15, with PVC collection also starting October 9 ahead of the 2027 general elections
Nigeria’s electoral register now carries more than 103 million names, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan announced Tuesday, with Lagos, Kano and Kaduna confirmed as the states with the most registered voters heading into the 2027 general elections.
Speaking at a stakeholders meeting and press conference in Abuja, Amupitan said the figure follows completion of the commission’s three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise and a subsequent biometric clean-up of the register. In total, the CVR process added 10,772,421 new registrations before that final verification stage.
The Top and Bottom of the Table
Lagos leads the country with 7,488,633 registered voters, followed by Kano at 6,570,276 and Kaduna at 4,662,640. Rounding out the top ten are Katsina (3,876,051), Rivers (3,736,434), Oyo (3,588,111), Delta (3,525,988), Benue (3,057,225), Ogun (3,037,981) and Bauchi (3,012,547).
At the opposite end, Ekiti State has the smallest registered voter population at 1,055,708, followed by Bayelsa at 1,200,691. The Federal Capital Territory sits third from the bottom with 1,732,043, just behind Ondo’s 1,733,641, with Gombe close by at 1,768,560.
Amupitan put the overall total at 103,428,715 registered voters nationwide.
Who’s on the Register
Breaking the figures down by gender, the INEC chairman said male voters number 53,528,218, or 51.75% of the register, against 49,900,497 female voters, representing 48.25%.
By age, voters between 35 and 49 form the largest bloc at 43,265,946, or 41.83%. Those aged 18 to 34 follow at 29,777,576 (28.79%), with the 50-to-69 bracket accounting for 22,982,900 voters (22.22%). Voters aged 70 and above make up the smallest group, at 7,402,291, or 7.16%.
Disability Data in the Register
The commission also recorded 232,658 registered voters with disabilities across 10 categories, roughly 0.23 percent of the total register. The largest share, 101,183 voters or 43.49%, falls under a category classified simply as “others.” Persons with albinism account for 44,023 (18.92%), followed by physical impairment at 27,141 (11.67%), visual impairment at 19,936 (8.57%) and hearing impairment at 14,326 (6.16%).
Further down the list, 8,832 voters are registered under autism (3.80%), 7,723 under cognitive or learning disabilities (3.32 percent), 5,755 under limb impairment (2.47%), 2,008 under Down syndrome (0.89%) and 1,656 under spinal cord injury (0.71%).
What Comes Next
Amupitan confirmed that collection of newly issued Permanent Voter Cards begins nationwide on October 9, 2026. The same date marks the start of public display of the voter register, running through October 15, in compliance with Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act 2026. The INEC chairman said the display window, falling just inside the required 90-day window ahead of the general election, gives Nigerians the opportunity to scrutinise the register and raise objections or claims before voting day.
