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.
Where you vote
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
Borno Central senatorial district
Baba Gana Zannah
African Democratic Congress
Lawan Kaka Shehu
All Progressives Congress
Umar Mohammed Bunu
Allied Peoples Movement
Hussaini Mohammed
Labour Party
Abdulkadir Fema
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Kyari Alhaji Grema
Peoples Democratic Party
Maiduguri (Metropolitan) federal constituency
Mulima Alhaji Bulama
African Democratic Congress
Rahis Abdulkadir
All Progressives Congress
Abiso Hassan
Allied Peoples Movement
Bukar Alhaji Ali
Labour Party
Alhaji Mohammed Hassan
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Bukar Kashim Ali
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Borno
Babagana Buhari
African Democratic Congress
Gubio Alhaji Mustapha
All Progressives Congress
Ahmad Tijjani Isah
Allied Peoples Movement
Konto Umar
Labour Party
Ibrahim Sanusi Kashim
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Abba-Gana Ibrahim Baba
Peoples Democratic Party
Maiduguri M.c state constituency
Muhammad Indimi Abdullahi
African Democratic Congress
Garba Dauda Satomi
All Progressives Congress
Ahmed Ahmed Baba
Allied Peoples Movement
Zanna Abdullahi
Labour Party
Bunu Mohammed
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Mustapha Abatcha
Peoples Democratic Party
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Offices previously held, public voting and governance records, where available.
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Manifesto, policy proposals and documented campaign commitments.
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