2027 elections: 592 candidates contesting 52 elective positions – INEC

A complete of 592 candidates will contest 52 elective positions in Benue state in the course of the 2027 common elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) within the state, Aminu Ok. Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday at an INEC stakeholders’ assembly held on the fee’s state collation centre in Makurdi.

Idris stated the candidates included 12 governorship aspirants, 40 senatorial candidates, 118 candidates for the 11 House of Representatives seats and 422 candidates contesting the 37 State House of Assembly constituencies.

He stated Benue had 3,057,225 registered voters throughout 23 native authorities areas, 276 registration areas and 5,102 polling models.

The REC stated INEC had commenced the distribution of non-sensitive election supplies and different logistics to its state and space council places of work forward of the elections scheduled for 16 January and 6 February 2027.

He added that 5,277 of the 5,381 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) gadgets bodily verified within the state have been useful and prepared for deployment, representing 98 per cent.

Idris additional disclosed that the fee acquired 1,052 claims and objections in the course of the show of the voter register from 9 to fifteen October, whereas 58,581 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected inside the interval.

He stated 5 beforehand eliminated State Assembly constituencies had been restored in Benue following court docket judgments, rising the variety of constituencies within the state from 32 to 37.

The REC urged political events, civil society organisations and different stakeholders to assist INEC in guaranteeing peaceable, free, truthful, credible and conclusive elections.