By Miracle Ogunde
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has given updates on the February 3, 2024 bye elections scheduoed to hold across the country.
Starnews Nigeria gathered that no fewer than 4,567,689 Nigerians are eligible to vote in the February 3 re-run and bye-elections in 27 states across the country.
According to the INEC, out of the figure, 2,189,171 will participate in bye-elections in two senatorial districts, four federal constituencies and three state constituencies.
Also, 2,220,912 voters will participate in court-ordered re-run elections into the National Assembly. The remaining 157,606 eligible voters will participate in the elections into state constituencies.
The Bye-elections will be conducted in two senatorial districts (Ebony-South and Yobe East), four federal constituencies in Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo and Taraba as well as three state constituencies in Benue, Borno and Kaduna states.
The vacancies were created as a result of the resignations of the occupants of the offices and the deaths of the previous lawmakers.
However, court-ordered rerun elections will be conducted in one Senatorial district of Plateau Central, 12 federal constituencies.
The Federal constituencies include Surulere 1 (Lagos), Gauri/Shanta/Ingaski and Arewa/Dandi (Kebbi), Akoko North East/North West (Ondo), Jalingo/Yorro/Zing (Taraba), Ikono/Ini (Akwa Ibom) and Akamkpa/Biase (Cross River State).
Others are Nnewi North/Nnewi South and Orumba North/Orumba South (Anambra), Igbo Eze North/Udenu (Enugu), Birnin Kudu/Buji (Jigawa), Igabi and Kachia/Kagarko (Kaduna), Faskari/Kankara/Sabuwa (Katsina), Jos North/Bases (Plateau) and Fine/Fune (Yobe).
Similarly, senatorial elections will be held in Yobe-East and Plateau Central following court orders.
At the state level, elections will be conducted to fill vacant positions in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom Bauchi Bayelsa Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Kaduna Kano Nasarawa Niger, Oyo, Sokoto, Zamfara, Benue and Borno states.
The list of candidates for the by-elections is expected to be submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission on January 13. The final list of candidates will be published on January 17, while the campaign is expected to start on January 18 and close on February 1.
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