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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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
Kano Central senatorial district
Samaila Abdullahi Mukhtar
African Democratic Congress
Shekarau Ibrahim
All Progressives Congress
Abdu Sule
Allied Peoples Movement
Yusuf Nasiru Gawuna
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Sankara Nafiu Danladi
Peoples Democratic Party
Gwale federal constituency
Wada Suleiman Masu
African Democratic Congress
Mohammad Garba Ibrahim
All Progressives Congress
Saminu Nasiru Aliyu
Allied Peoples Movement
Garba Salisu
Labour Party
Hamisu Muhammad
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Yasir Ramadan
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Kano
Ibrahim Ali Amin
African Democratic Congress
Yusuf Abba Kabir
All Progressives Congress
Muhammad Bashir Galadanchi
Allied Peoples Movement
Santuraki Hamisu
Labour Party
Abacha Muhammed Sani
Peoples Democratic Party
Gwale state constituency
Muhammad Nura
African Democratic Congress
Garba Mustapha Adamu
All Progressives Congress
Abdulrazak Abdullahi Isah
Allied Peoples Movement
Abdulhadi Dalhatu Ayuba
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Alhassan Rabiu Tijani
Peoples Democratic Party
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