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
Sokoto South senatorial district
Yabo Faruk Malami
African Democratic Congress
Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba
All Progressives Congress
Abubakar Musa
Allied Peoples Movement
Tanimu Bodinga Bilyaminu
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Yusuf Dahiru Yabo
Peoples Democratic Party
Dange-Shuni/Bodinga/Tureta federal constituency
Abubakar Aliyu
African Democratic Congress
Shehu Nasiru
All Progressives Congress
Dala Zainab Garba
Allied Peoples Movement
Bello Garba
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Modi Aliyu Sifawa
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Sokoto
Manir Muhammad Dan'Iya
African Democratic Congress
Aliyu Ahmed Sokoto
All Progressives Congress
Abubakar Haruna
Allied Peoples Movement
Haliru Abubakar Dikko
Labour Party
Aliyu Shamsudeen Ahmad
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Abdullahi Sokoto Abubakar
Peoples Democratic Party
Bodinga has 2 state constituencies. Your seat is set by where you registered: pick the one on your PVC.
Ibrahim Musa Danchadi
African Democratic Congress
Marafa Yusuf
All Progressives Congress
Abubakar Muhammad
Allied Peoples Movement
Ibrahim Moda Bodinga
Nigeria Democratic Congress
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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