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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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
Zamfara North senatorial district
S Shehu Rafi
African Democratic Congress
Ya'U Sahabi Alhaji
All Progressives Congress
Nasiru Garba
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Musa Hanafi Moriki
Peoples Democratic Party
Kaura-Namoda/Birnin Magaji federal constituency
Abubakar Bashir
African Democratic Congress
Sani Aminu Jaji
All Progressives Congress
Idris Zaharadeen
Allied Peoples Movement
Ibrahim Sani
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Lukman Kaura Yasinu
Peoples Democratic Party
Saturday 6 February 2027
Who runs your state and who represents you in the State House of Assembly.
Statewide contest · Zamfara
Shinkafi Bilyaminu Yusuf
African Democratic Congress
Lawal Dauda
All Progressives Congress
Salisu Sulaiman Bungudu
Allied Peoples Movement
Yusuf Sani Danmasani
Labour Party
Marafa Kabiru Garba
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Shehu-Gusau Ibrahim
Peoples Democratic Party
Kaura Namoda has 2 state constituencies. Your seat is set by where you registered: pick the one on your PVC.
Muhammad Masud Sada
African Democratic Congress
Jibo Magayaki Jamilu
All Progressives Congress
Sanusi Abdulkarim
Allied Peoples Movement
Bello Shamsudeen
Nigeria Democratic Congress
Abubakar Anas
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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