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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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
Kaduna North senatorial district
Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha
African Democratic Congress
Yero Mukhtar Ramalan
All Progressives Congress
Ibrahim Kabiru
Allied Peoples Movement
Aliyu Abdu Gubuchi
Labour Party
Sha'Aban Mohammad Turad
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Ahmed Abdullahi Zubairu
Peoples Democratic Party
Zaria federal constituency
Sulaiman Ibrahim Dabo
African Democratic Congress
Tajudeen Abbas
All Progressives Congress
Suleiman Nuhu
Allied Peoples Movement
Ja'Emuhammad Abubakar
Labour Party
Idris Hamisu
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Kiyasu Murtala
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Kaduna
Isa Mohammed Ashiru
African Democratic Congress
Sani Uba
All Progressives Congress
Haruna Yunusa Saeed
Allied Peoples Movement
Rilwanu Muhammad Lawal
Labour Party
Bawa Shehu Usman
Peoples Democratic Party
Zaria has 2 state constituencies. Your seat is set by where you registered: pick the one on your PVC.
Umar Yahaya
African Democratic Congress
Ismaila Mahmud Lawal
All Progressives Congress
Aliyu Sani Aliyu
Labour Party
Shehu Shuaibu Gambo
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Sani Ibrahim Mainasara
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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