The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced Saturday, August 16, 2025, for the conduct of by-elections
to fill vacant seats in the National and State Assemblies across 12 states.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement during a meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Thursday.
He explained that the vacancies arose from resignations, deaths, and court-ordered annulments.
Professor Yakubu listed the affected national constituencies to include Anambra South and Edo Central Senatorial Districts; Ovia South West/Ovia South East (Edo), Ikenne/Shagamu/Remo North (Ogun), Babura/Garki (Jigawa), Chikun/Kajuru (Kaduna), and Ibadan North (Oyo) Federal Constituencies.
The nine State Assembly seats are Ganye (Adamawa), Onitsha North I (Anambra), Dekina/Okura (Kogi), Zaria Kewaye and Basawa (Kaduna), Bagwai/Shanono (Kano), Mariga (Niger), Karim Lamido I (Taraba), and Kauran Namoda South (Zamfara).
According to Yakubu, 30,451 officials would be deployed to conduct the polls, which will cover 3,553,659 registered voters across 32 Local Government Areas, 356 Wards, and 6,987 Polling Units.
However, the commission further stated that by-elections will not be conducted in two State Constituencies: Khana II in Rivers State, due to a state of emergency, and Talata Mafara South in Zamfara State, which is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.
