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2027 polls: INEC to publish Governorship, Assembly candidates’ lists August 29
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday, August 29, display the list of candidates nominated by political parties for the February 6, 2027 governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections.
The governorship election will take place in 28 states, while State Houses of Assembly elections will be conducted across all 36 states of the federation.
The 2027 governorship poll will be held in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Kwara, Benue, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa states.
The display of the candidates’ lists is part of INEC’s preparations for the 2027 elections and will give political parties and the public an opportunity to scrutinise the nominated candidates.
Other states where governorship elections will be held are Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto.
Governorship elections will not be held in Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo and Kogi states. Maps
The 22 registered political parties are expected to field fresh candidates in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kwara and Nasarawa, where incumbent governors’ tenures will expire in 2027.
Meanwhile, political parties contesting the presidential and National Assembly elections have until Saturday, August 29, to submit their final list of candidates to INEC.
This follows the August 22 deadline for candidates to withdraw from the 2027 elections, under Section 31 of the 2026 Electoral Act.
The section provides that a candidate may withdraw from an election by submitting a written notice, signed by the candidate and accompanied by a sworn affidavit, personally to the political party that nominated the candidate.
The party must forward the withdrawal and affidavit to the commission no later than 90 days before the election.
INEC is expected to publish the final list of presidential and National Assembly candidates, comprising Senate and House of Representatives candidates, on Saturday, September 12.
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