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Akwa Ibom Governorship Election
Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the akwa ibom governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.
Until Election Day · 6 February 2027
This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.
Election candidates
Candidates for Akwa Ibom
Provisional nominations
5 candidates are currently tracked for this contest. This provisional tracker may not yet reproduce every name displayed at the state INEC office; names and affiliations remain subject to correction or replacement.
5 tracked candidates · 5 partiesNowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Akwa Ibom countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
ADCAfrican Democratic Congress
APCAll Progressives CongressUmo Bassey Eno
Incumbent
DLADemocratic Leadership AllianceJeremiah Akpan
LPLabour PartyMichael Bush
PDPPeoples Democratic PartySamuel Coffie Emeni
Statewide context
Akwa Ibom election geography
- Incumbent candidate
- Umo Bassey Eno
- Local government areas
- 31
- Wards
- 329
- Polling units
- 4,353
- 2023 registered voters
- 2,357,418
State context
About the Akwa Ibom governorship election
The governor leads the state executive, implements state laws and public programmes, proposes the state budget and appoints commissioners subject to the constitutional role of the State House of Assembly.
In Akwa Ibom, this statewide contest spans 31 LGAs, 329 wards and 4,353 polling units. The 2023 register contained 2,357,418 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.
Evidence and revisions
Sources and update history
Primary references
- INEC 2027 General Election Timetable ↗ — dates and candidate-list milestones.
- INEC Polling Unit Register ↗ — LGA, ward and polling-unit geography.
- INEC 2023 Registered Voters and PVCs ↗ — 2023 state register.
- INEC 2023 General Election Report ↗ — 2023 result context.
- Nigeria Governors' Forum ↗ — incumbent-governor reference.
Revision history
- Published the provisional candidate tracker in party order with logos, election geography, 2023 baseline, sources and the permanent election lifecycle.
How this page will change
This permanent URL will move from provisional nominations to the final candidate list, live result reporting and the declared result. Mundx will record material substitutions, withdrawals and result corrections here. Until the complete official state list is independently verified, the count is labelled “currently tracked” rather than complete.
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