INEC releases 10 States with highest numbers of voters [See List]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday released the list of States with the highest number of voters.

The 10 States were released in their updated register by the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan during a world press conference.

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He said the national voters’ register now contains 103,428,715 voters following the completion of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and biometric clean-up.

See the list:

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1. Lagos State
Lagos tops the list with 7,488,633 registered voters.

2. Kano State
Kano ranks second with 6,570,276 registered voters.

3. Kaduna State
Kaduna ranks third with 4,662,640 registered voters.

4. Katsina State
Katsina ranks fourth with 3,876,051 registered voters.

5. Rivers State
Rivers State is fifth with 3,736,434 registered voters.

6. Oyo State
Oyo ranks sixth with 3,588,111 registered voters.

7. Delta State
Delta ranks seventh with 3,525,988 registered voters.

8. Benue State
Benue ranks eighth with 3,057,225 registered voters.

9. Ogun State
Ogun is ninth with 3,037,981 registered voters.

10. Bauchi State
Bauchi completes the top 10 with 3,012,547 registered voters.

INEC said the three-phase CVR exercise recorded 10,772,421 new registrations before the final biometric verification and clean-up of the register.

The commission also announced that the voters’ register would be displayed nationwide for public scrutiny from October 9 to 15, 2026.

Collection of newly issued Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) is also scheduled to begin nationwide on October 9.

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