2,802,790 registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the November 8, 2025, Anambra state governorship election.
This figure emerged from adding the 140,370 new registrants in the recently concluded voter registration in the state to the existing 2,656,437 registered voters.
The distribution of the new figure by local government area showed that Idemili North, with 246,318 (8.79%), has the highest number of voters, followed by Awka South, with 216,611 (7.73%), and Ogbaru, with 188,016 (6.71%). Dunokofia and Anambra West have 83,580 (2.98%) and 71,332 (2.55%) registered voters, respectively.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, announcing the release of the final register of voters for the 2025 Anambra state governorship election.
He said that in continuation of preparations for the forthcoming Anambra state governorship election, the commission carried out voter registration in the 326 wards across the state from July 8 to 20, 2025, during which 168,187 citizens registered as new voters.
Olumekun said that at the end of the exercise, INEC earmarked one week to display the list of new registrants in all the wards for citizens’ claims and objections in the spirit of Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act 2022.
He said the commission scrutinised the list using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) to detect invalid registrations. At the end of the process, 27,817 records were found to be duplicates or multiple registrations and removed from the list.
“Consequently, the figure for new registrants now stands at 140,370, while valid applications for transfer into the State are 5,983, totalling 146,353 new voters.
“Before the recent voter registration, Anambra State had 2,656,437 registered voters. With the new registrants, the voter roll for the State now stands at 2,802,790.
“The distribution of new voters by Local Government Area is uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information.
“We wish to assure new voters in Anambra state, as well as those who applied for transfer or replacement of their lost or damaged Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), that their cards will be ready for collection well ahead of the governorship election holding in the next 63 days on Saturday, 8th November 2025,” he said.
Olumekun also disclosed that since INEC’s last update on the number of associations seeking registration as political parties, 19 more letters of intent had been received, bringing the total to 171 as of Wednesday this week.
“As earlier announced by the Commission, a shortlist of the pre-qualified associations is being finalised for the next stage of application for registration. The committee reviewing the letters of intent has prepared its recommendations for final consideration by the Commission.
“We wish to appeal to all the associations that submitted letters of intent to remain patient as we finalise the process. We also urge them to avoid frequent changes to their logos, acronyms, and addresses or to avoid one association submitting multiple requests. Worse, some associations have changed their interim leadership, following defections to other associations or existing political parties, thereby delaying the process.
“We wish to reassure the associations that the Commission will treat all applications fairly while urging them to assist the process by remaining consistent. As always, the Commission will continue communicating with Nigerians on all its activities,” he added.
