The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has approved the final register of voters for the Edo and Ondo Governorship elections.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the register integrated new voters from the recent Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, as well as figures of successful applicants for transfer from other States of the Federation to the two States.
For Edo State the National Commissioner disclosed that the State now has 2,629,025, registered voters.
“Of this figure, 1,370,061 (52.11%) are male while 1,258,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 983,133 (37.4%), followed by 914,806 middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,897,939 (72.2%) of registered voters in the State”Olumekun said.
He added that in terms of occupation, 868,764 students constitute the majority of voters (33.05%). There are 4,199 (0.16%) Persons with Disability (PWDs).
The new register represents 4.9% increase over the 2023 general election figure of 2,501,081.
Olumekun also gave the final breakdown of voters in Ondo with a total of 2,053,061 registered voters. “Of this figure, 1,034,006 (50.36%) are male while 1,034,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 726,944 (35.41%), followed by 721,982 (35.17%) middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,448,926 (70.57%) of registered voters in the State”.
He noted that in terms of occupation, 694,938 students constitute the majority of voters (33.85%). There are 1,782 (0.09%) Persons with Disability (PWDs).
“The new register represents a 3.0% increase over the 2023 General Election figure of one million one hundred and ninty for thousand three hundred and forty four, 1,191,344″.
Detailed Breakdown
Olumekun said the detailed breakdown of the register for each State by Local Government Areas, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to the commission’s website and social media platforms for public information.
He said in the next few days, the Commission will release the timetable for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the two States for all categories of voters including new registrants from the last CVR, voters that applied for transfers, replacements and uncollected cards from previous registrations.
Emmanuel Ukoh
