Voting has officially concluded in the by-elections conducted across 13 states in Nigeria, aimed at filling vacant legislative seats in 16 constituencies.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which oversaw the process, confirmed that polling took place in Jigawa, Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Adamawa, Anambra, Kaduna, Kano, Taraba, Kogi, Niger, Enugu, and Zamfara states.
The by-elections covered two senatorial districts in Anambra and Edo, five federal constituencies in Edo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Ogun, and Oyo, as well as nine state constituencies across Adamawa, Anambra, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Niger, Taraba, and Zamfara.
In addition, re-run elections were held in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency of Enugu State and the Ghari/Tsanyawa State Constituency of Kano State.
Polling commenced at 8:30 a.m. and concluded at 2:30 p.m., in line with INEC guidelines. With the close of voting, ballot sorting and counting have now begun in several of the affected areas.
As part of INEC’s transparency measures, results from the polling units will be uploaded to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). According to Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, presiding officers are required to fill in the polling unit results on Form EC8A, capture the form digitally, and upload the image to the portal.
Oyekanmi stated that result uploads are expected to begin between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., depending on the completion time at each polling unit. This allows the public to monitor results in real-time as they are posted from across the country.
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