By Kingston Magare 6.10.2026
Lagos State with 7,488,633 topped the list of the 103 million voters that have registered to vote in the 2027 elections.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan confirmed during a press conference Tuesday in Abuja that following the completion of the final biometric clean up and three-phase Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise Lagos tops the log with the largest number of voters of the 103 million registered.
“The national register of the voter now stands at 103 million making Nigeria the largest democracy in Africa. The top 10 states by number of registered voters are Lagos State first position with 7,488,633 registered voters, followed by Kano State with 6,570,276. Next is Kaduna State with 4,662,640 voters,” Amupitan said.
“At the end of the table is Ekiti State with registered voters of 1,055,708, followed by Bayelsa State with 1,200,691 registered voters. The FCT ranks next from the bottom with 1,772,043 voters followed by Yobe State with 1,733,641, and Gombe with 1,768,566.”
Others on the top 10 list are Katsina State with 3,876,051 registered voters; Rivers State, 3,736,434; Oyo State, 3,588,111; Delta State, 3,525,988; Benue State, 3,057,225; Ogun State, 3,037,981; and Bauchi State, 3,012,547.
The INEC chairman also disclosed that male voters account for 53,528,218, representing 51.75 per cent of the register, while female voters number 49,900,497, representing 48.25 per cent.
He added that the age profile shows that the register is dominated by voters between the ages of 35 and 49, who account for 43,265,946 voters, or 41.83 per cent of the total.
This is followed by voters aged 18 to 34, numbering 29,777,576 and representing 28.79 per cent.
Voters aged 50 to 69 account for 22,982,900, or 22.22 per cent, while those aged 70 years and above are the smallest age group, with 7,402,291 voters, representing 7.16 per cent.
Amupitan also noted that the register recorded 232,658 persons with disabilities spread across 10 disability categories, representing roughly 0.23 per cent of the total 103.4 million registered voters.
In compliance with Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act 2026, the register of voters will be displayed for public scrutiny from October 9 to 16, 2026, not later than 90 days before the election. With Channels TV reports