2027 / Your ballot guide
Choose where you vote to see the five offices and the candidates. Explore every race before election day.
No party endorsements. Just the information. Each race shows the six parties holding the most elected offices, in alphabetical order. Every other candidate is one tap away.
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Your constituency depends on where you registered, not where you live now.
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Source: INEC. Candidates, parties and constituencies come from INEC’s official published lists. If INEC updates a list, we update ours. See INEC’s final list
Saturday 16 January 2027
Three contests. One national race and two tied to your constituency.
National contest · every registered voter sees this race
Atiku Abubakar
African Democratic Congress
Bola Tinubu
All Progressives Congress
Seyi Makinde
Allied Peoples Movement
Chibuzo Okereke
Labour Party
Peter Obi
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Sandy Onor
Peoples Democratic Party
Bauchi Central senatorial district
Abdul Ahmed Ningi
African Democratic Congress
Misau Isah Hamma
All Progressives Congress
Abdulrazak Nuhu Bature
Allied Peoples Movement
Aliyu Bello
Peoples Democratic Party
Misau/damban federal constituency
Abubakar Ahmad Jalam
African Democratic Congress
Ahmed Sabo Bappayo
All Progressives Congress
Aliyu Bappa Misau
Allied Peoples Movement
Sulaiman Bashir Ibrahim
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Ahmed Mohammed Dambam
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Bauchi
Halliru Dauda Jika
African Democratic Congress
Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi
All Progressives Congress
Adamu Yakubu
Allied Peoples Movement
Aliyu Idris Muhammad
Labour Party
Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Adamu Usman Ahmed
Peoples Democratic Party
Dambam/dagauda/jalam state constituency
Idris Abdulhamid
African Democratic Congress
Abubakar Babale Dambam
All Progressives Congress
Mohammed Ahmed Garba
Allied Peoples Movement
Muhammad Umar Aliyu
Labour Party
M. Hassan Ali
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Musa Lukman
Peoples Democratic Party
Before you choose
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Manifesto, policy proposals and documented campaign commitments.
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