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Niger Governorship Election

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

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Niger · 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 Niger

Provisional nominations

15 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.

15 tracked candidates · 15 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Niger countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
Accord logoAAccord

Usman Alhaji Abdullahi

African Action Congress logoAACAfrican Action Congress

Audu Mohammed

African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Mohammed Kpautagi

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Mohammed Umaru Bago

Incumbent
All Progressives Grand Alliance logoAPGAAll Progressives Grand Alliance

Mohammed Adamu

Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Tanko Haliru Musa Minna

Action Peoples Party logoAPPAction Peoples Party

Bello Isah Mohammed

Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Francis Aliyu

National Democratic Party logoNDPNational Democratic Party

Sani Alfa

New Nigeria Peoples Party logoNNPPNew Nigeria Peoples Party

Ibrahim Aliyu Alhaji

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Suleiman Abubakar

Peoples Redemption Party logoPRPPeoples Redemption Party

Adamu Ibrahim

Social Democratic Party logoSDPSocial Democratic Party

Yerima Yakubu

Young Progressives Party logoYPPYoung Progressives Party

Umar Larat Aliyu

Zenith Labour Party logoZLPZenith Labour Party

Kolo Mohammed Aminu

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

Niger election geography

Incumbent candidate
Mohammed Umaru Bago
Local government areas
25
Wards
274
Polling units
4,950
2023 registered voters
2,698,344

State context

About the Niger 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 Niger, this statewide contest spans 25 LGAs, 274 wards and 4,950 polling units. The 2023 register contained 2,698,344 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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