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Kwara Governorship Election

Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the kwara governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Kwara · North Central
INEC contest code
Statewide contest
Page status
Pre-election page; no results are published.

This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.

Election candidates

Candidates for Kwara

Provisional nominations

12 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.

12 tracked candidates · 12 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Kwara countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
Accord logoAAccord

Seko Jubril Gure

Action Alliance logoAAAction Alliance

Kolo Ezekiel

Action Democratic Party logoADPAction Democratic Party

Adeshina Ajisafe

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Yakubu Danladi-Salihu

All Progressives Grand Alliance logoAPGAAll Progressives Grand Alliance

Sule Ajayi

Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Oluwole Tolu

Action Peoples Party logoAPPAction Peoples Party

Omotoso Bamidele Olaitan

Nigeria Democratic Congress logoNDCNigeria Democratic Congress

Yinka Ajia

National Democratic Party logoNDPNational Democratic Party

Decean Shola Victor Abioye

New Nigeria Peoples Party logoNNPPNew Nigeria Peoples Party

Lamidi Isiaka Akanni

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Sulaiman/Bolakale Kawu

Social Democratic Party logoSDPSocial Democratic Party

Apaokagi Salahudeen/Ridwan Apaokagi

Provisional. Withdrawals and replacements remain possible until 22 September 2026. Final list scheduled for 6 October 2026.

Last reviewed 1 September 2026 · Official INEC reference ↗

Statewide context

Kwara election geography

Local government areas
16
Wards
193
Polling units
2,887
2023 registered voters
1,695,927

State context

About the Kwara 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 Kwara, this statewide contest spans 16 LGAs, 193 wards and 2,887 polling units. The 2023 register contained 1,695,927 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.

Evidence and revisions

Sources and update history

Primary references

Revision history

  1. 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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