Full list emerges as INEC releases states with highest voters ahead of 2027
INEC reports 103.4 million registered voters, with Lagos, Kano and Kaduna leading; state rankings, demographics and October PVC dates for 2027 elections.
The voter register is a key benchmark ahead of any Nigerian general election, shaping how political parties allocate campaign resources, how INEC plans logistics such as polling units and PVC distribution centres, and how analysts project turnout and electoral weight across states. Lagos, Kano and Kaduna have historically ranked among Nigeria's most populous states, so their dominance of the voter rolls is consistent with past election cycles, though the figures also reflect INEC's ongoing voter registration and data clean-up exercises under the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) process.
The coverage is largely consistent in reporting INEC's total registered voter figure and the top-ranking states, with Legit.ng providing the fullest breakdown — including the national total, a wider state-by-state ranking, demographic details and the October PVC collection timeline — while Leadership's two reports focus more narrowly on the leading states and INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan's remarks. None of the reports yet detail how the figures compare with the 2023 register, what drove any changes, or how INEC plans to address perennial concerns about uneven voter distribution and access to PVCs across states.