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
Gombe North senatorial district
Mustapha Mohammed Aliyu
African Democratic Congress
Yahaya Muhammed Inuwa
All Progressives Congress
Abubakar Abubakar
Allied Peoples Movement
Mohammed Dukku Ismaila
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Dankwambo Ibrahim Hassan
Peoples Democratic Party
Dukku/Nafada federal constituency
Elrasheed Abdullahi
African Democratic Congress
Ahmed Jamilu
All Progressives Congress
Adamu Mohammed Sani
Allied Peoples Movement
Saidu Zakaryau
Labour Party
Abdullahi Umar
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Lamido Mohammed
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Gombe
Bala Bello
African Democratic Congress
Gwamna Jamil Isyaku
All Progressives Congress
Lemela Lenos Silas
Allied Peoples Movement
Muazu Zubairu Halilu
Labour Party
Ardo Babayo Kumo
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Nafada has 2 state constituencies. Your seat is set by where you registered: pick the one on your PVC.
Dadum Hamza
African Democratic Congress
Tahir Muhammad
All Progressives Congress
Muhammad Yusuf Usman
Labour Party
Kawu Ahmad
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Alhaji Mohammed Tela
Peoples Democratic Party
Before you choose
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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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Primary sources, publication dates and corrections so you can check claims.
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