2019 Election: INEC release State by State total registered voters respectively
At this time, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) release total number of registered voters in 36 States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, respectively.
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| INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu |
Nigeria polling units to elect political leaders on February 16 and March 2, 2019 according to the underlisted breakdown of registered voters in 36 States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, respectively;
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S/N
|
STATES
|
NUMBER OF REGISTERED
VOTERS
|
|
1.
|
ABIA
|
1,932,892
|
|
2.
|
ADAMAWA
|
1,
973,083
|
|
3.
|
AKWA
IBOM
|
2,119,
727
|
|
4.
|
ANAMBRA
|
2,
447, 996
|
|
5.
|
BAUCHI
|
2,
462, 843
|
|
6.
|
BAYELSA
|
923,182
|
|
7..
|
BENUE
|
2,480,131
|
|
8.
|
BORNO
|
2,315,956
|
|
9.
|
CROSS
RIVER
|
1,527,289
|
|
10.
|
DELTA
|
2,845,274
|
|
11.
|
EBONYI
|
1,459,933
|
|
12.
|
EDO
|
2,210,534
|
|
13.
|
EKITI
|
909,967
|
|
14.
|
ENUGU
|
1,944,016
|
|
15.
|
FCT
|
1,344,856
|
|
16.
|
GOMBE
|
1,394,393
|
|
17.
|
IMO
|
2,272,293
|
|
18.
|
JIGAWA
|
2,111,106
|
|
19.
|
KADUNA
|
3,932,492
|
|
20.
|
KANO
|
5,457,747
|
|
21.
|
KATSINA
|
3,230,230
|
|
22.
|
KEBBI
|
1,806,231
|
|
23.
|
KOGI
|
1,646,350
|
|
24.
|
KWARA
|
1,406,457
|
|
25.
|
LAGOS
|
6,570,291
|
|
26.
|
NASARAWA
|
1,617,786
|
|
27.
|
NIGER
|
2,390,035
|
|
28.
|
OGUN
|
2,375,003
|
|
29.
|
ONDO
|
1,822,346
|
|
30.
|
OSUN
|
1,680,498
|
|
31.
|
OYO
|
2,934,107
|
|
32
|
PLATEAU
|
2,480,455
|
|
33.
|
RIVERS
|
3,215,273
|
|
34.
|
SOKOTO
|
1,903,166
|
|
35.
|
TARABA
|
1,777,105
|
|
36
|
YOBE
|
1,365,913
|
|
37.
|
ZAMFARA
|
1,717,128
|
|
TOTAL VOTERS
|
84,004,084
|
|
|
NEW VOTERS
|
15,170,608
|
|
Following the presentation of the Voter Register
in Abuja on Monday, January 7, 2019, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed
that the final register for the 2019 general elections stands at 84,004,084
voters.
The Northwest currently has the highest number of
registered voters at 20,158,100. That hands the Northwest 24.06% of the
registered vote total.
The southwest region comes second with
16,292,212 registered voters (19.39%), while the north-central has 13,366,070
registered voters (15.91%), and the south-south has 12,841,279 registered
voters (15.29%).
The northeast region and the southeast region
come last with the total number of registered voters with 11,289,293 (13.44%)
and 10,057,130 voters (11.91%) respectively.
Of the total, there are more registered female
voters (44,405,439) than male voters (39,598,645). The female population of
registered voters make up 52.86% of the total voter register with registered
male voters making up the remaining 47.14%.
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