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.
State
LGA
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Federal constituency
State assembly seat
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
Katsina Central senatorial district
Abubakar Sadiq Yar'Adua
African Democratic Congress
Yar'Adua Musa Abdulaziz
All Progressives Congress
Amina Lawal Rafindadi
Allied Peoples Movement
Gambo Hamisu
Peoples Democratic Party
Batagarawa/Charanchi/Rimi federal constituency
Murtala L. Batagarawa
African Democratic Congress
Murtala Usman Banye
All Progressives Congress
Sule Abdul
Allied Peoples Movement
Sani Jamilu
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Katsina
Ahmad Babba Kaita
African Democratic Congress
Umaru Dikko Radda
All Progressives Congress
Abdullahi Nura
Allied Peoples Movement
Ilu-Barde Aliyu
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Garba Yakubu Lado
Peoples Democratic Party
Batagarawa state constituency
Saidu Barau
African Democratic Congress
Bashir Usman
All Progressives Congress
Gide Muzambil
Allied Peoples Movement
Umar Sale Usman
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Sada Usman
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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