2027 / Your ballot guide
Choose where you vote to see the five offices and the candidates. Explore every race before election day.
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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
Jigawa South-West senatorial district
Ahmed Isah Dutse
African Democratic Congress
Ibraheem Sani Garba
All Progressives Congress
Usman Abdulrashid
Allied Peoples Movement
Aminu Mustapha Ali
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Suleiman Abba
Peoples Democratic Party
Birnin Kudu/Buji federal constituency
Idris Bello Idris
African Democratic Congress
Aliyu Suleiman Da’u
All Progressives Congress
Aminu Hafsat
Allied Peoples Movement
Aliyu Muhammad Uba
Labour Party
Adam Sabiu Yahaya
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Adamu Yakubu
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Jigawa
Sabo Mohammed Nakudu
African Democratic Congress
Namadi Umar A.
All Progressives Congress
Umar Ahmad
Allied Peoples Movement
Abdul'Aziz Aminu
Labour Party
Dutse Aminu Sani
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Sule Mustapha Lamido
Peoples Democratic Party
Birnin Kudu state constituency
Zahradeen Idris
African Democratic Congress
Inuwa Sagir
All Progressives Congress
Sani Abdurrashid Shehu
Allied Peoples Movement
Adamu Kabiru
Labour Party
Suraja Sani
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Alhaji Ibrahim
Peoples Democratic Party
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