- 3,553,650 Eligible Voters expected to Participate in August 16 Bye Elections
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About 3,553,659 eligible voters across 6,987 polling units in 12 States, 32 Local Government Areas and 356 Wards are expected to participate in the August 16 bye elections into the National and State Houses of Assembly.
Eko Hot Blog The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) portal for nomination of candidates for the election, which opened on Monday, July 21 automatically shut down on Saturday, July 26, while the final list of candidates was expected to have been published on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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By the INEC timetable, campaigns for the bye election was scheduled to kick off on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
Also, the dedicated portal for media coverage of the election closed on the 31st of July, while the commission has already published the list of accredited election observers for the election.
At the time of this report, the commission was yet to release the list of candidates for the election as well as the number of political parties contesting the election.
However, the name of 60 local and 4 foreign election observers including the European Union delegation has been published by the commission to monitor the election.
Election is expected to be conducted in two Senatorial districts in Edo and Anambra and five Federal Constituencies in Edo, Ogun, Kaduna, Jigawa and Oyo.
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Edo central senatorial district became vacant as a result of the resignation of Senator Monday Okoebholo to contest the Governorship election in Edo state, while Anambra South senatorial district became vacant as a result of the death of Senator Ifeanyi Uba.
