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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally presented the national register of voters to the nation’s 91 political parties.
According to the chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, “the final register for the 2019 General Elections stands at 84,004,084 voters.”
Lagos State accounted for about 6.6 million voters, followed by Kano with 5.5 million registered voters.
When viewed according to regions, the North West has the highest number of registered voters with over 20.2 million, followed by South-West with 16.3 million voters. The South-East has the least with slightly over 10 million voters; North East, 11.3 million; North Central, 13.4 million; and South-South, 12.9 million.
Male voters constitute 44.4 million, while females account for 39.6 million voters.
Below is the breakdown of voters by states
Abia 1,932,892
Adamawa 1,973,083
Akwa Ibom 2,119,727
Anambra 2,447,996
Bauchi 2,462,843
Bayelsa 923,182
Benue 2,480,131
Borno 2,315,956
Cross River 1,527,289
Delta 2,845,274
Ebonyi 1,459,933
Edo 2,210,534
Ekiti 909,967
Enugu 1,944,016
FCT 1,344,856
Gombe 1,394,393
Imo 2,272,293
Jigawa 2,111,106
Kaduna 3,932,492
Kano 5,457,747
Katsina 3,230,230
Kebbi 1,806,231
Kogi 1,646,350
Kwara 1,406,457
Lagos 6.570,291
Nasarawa 1,617,786
Niger 2,390,035
Ogun-2,375,003
Ondo-1,822,346
Osun 1,680,498
Oyo 2,934,107
Plateau 2,480,455
Rivers 3,215,273
Sokoto 1,903,166
Taraba 1,777,105
Yobe 1,365,913
Zamfara 1,717,128