Lagos, Kano and Kaduna have emerged as the three states with the largest voting populations ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, according to the latest voter register released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The three states have a combined 18,721,549 registered voters, giving them significant electoral weight as political parties intensify preparations for the 2027 elections.
Lagos leads the country with 7,488,633 registered voters, followed by Kano with 6,570,276 and Kaduna with 4,662,640.
INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, disclosed the figures on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting and press conference in Abuja while presenting the commission’s latest update on the national register.
According to him, Nigeria now has 103,428,715 registered voters following the completion of the three-phase Continuous Voter Registration exercise and the subsequent biometric verification and clean-up of the register.
