The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that by-elections into the vacant Edo Central Senatorial District and the Ovia South West/Ovia South East House of Representatives seats will hold on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement during a meeting in Abuja on Thursday said the will be used for the conduct of by-elections to fill other vacant seats in the National and State Assemblies across 11 states in the country.
These vacancies he explained arose from resignations, deaths, and court-ordered annulments.
The other affected national constituencies are:
Anambra South Ikenne/Shagamu/Remo North (Ogun), Babura/Garki (Jigawa),
Chikun/Kajuru (Kaduna),
Ibadan North (Oyo) Federal Constituencies.
State constituencies are
Ganye (Adamawa),
Onitsha North I (Anambra), Dekina/Okura (Kogi),
Zaria Kewaye, (Kaduna)
Basawa (Kaduna),
Bagwai/Shanono (Kano),
Mariga (Niger),
Karim Lamido I (Taraba)
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.
