All 36 states
and the FCT, in numbers.
Capital, geopolitical zone, senatorial districts, and the exact count of local governments, registration wards and polling units in every state, taken straight from the electoral register's own structure.
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Where votes are cast and first counted
Six zones. Thirty-seven jurisdictions.
Nigerian campaigns are planned by zone and won by ward. Both views are here: pick a state to see its full local-government breakdown.
North West
7 states · 186 LGAs · 2,003 wards · 41,610 polling units
North East
6 states · 112 LGAs · 1,210 wards · 23,942 polling units
North Central
7 states · 121 LGAs · 1,398 wards · 27,464 polling units
South West
6 states · 137 LGAs · 1,544 wards · 34,887 polling units
South East
5 states · 95 LGAs · 1,246 wards · 21,583 polling units
South South
6 states · 123 LGAs · 1,408 wards · 27,109 polling units
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