Electoral wards and polling units in Nigeria
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INEC's calendar lists the Presidential and National Assembly elections for 16 January 2027 and the Governorship and State Assembly elections for 6 February 2027.
Wards and polling units
- INEC counts 176,846 polling units across 36 states and the FCT, 8,809 Registration Areas (electoral wards) and 774 LGAs.
- Nigeria used 119,973 polling units established in 1996 for over 25 years before INEC expanded/converted voting points.
- Polling-unit codes: State / LGA / Ward / PU number, e.g. 01/02/03/004 (2-digit state, 2-digit LGA, 2-digit ward, 3-digit unit). The code is printed on the PVC.
Find your polling unit
Official locator at cvr.inecnigeria.org/pu - select State, LGA and Registration Area (ward) to see the unit's location description. Open INEC's polling-unit locator.
INEC doesn't publish a current downloadable list of wards and polling units, so we don't keep one.
On election day
- Accreditation and voting run together from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM; voters on the queue at 2:30 PM are allowed to vote.
- Voters must present their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) for verification on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).
2023 ward lists for Lagos LGAs
These are the lists as published for the 2023 elections. Check your unit on INEC's locator before you vote.
Sources
- inecnigeria.org/elections/calendar: INEC Full Election Calendar & Timetable. Opened 1 Oct 2026.
- inecnigeria.org/elections/2027-general-elections-update: INEC 2027 updates page: three statutory notices titled "PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS FOR JAN, 2027" (House of Representatives, Senatorial District, Presidential). Opened 1 Oct 2026.
- inecnigeria.org/press/presidential-national-assembly-elections-jan-2027-house-of-representatives: statutory notice page; attached PDF is "2027 REPS FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES.pdf" (not downloaded). Opened 1 Oct 2026.
- inecnigeria.org/polling-units: INEC polling units page. Opened 1 Oct 2026.
- cvr.inecnigeria.org/pu: INEC polling unit locator landing page (lookup tool; not queried). Opened 1 Oct 2026.
- inecnigeria.org: INEC homepage. Opened 1 Oct 2026.
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