By The Electoral Commission (EC) has published the final certified voter register ahead of the 2024 general elections, set for December 7.
The commission confirmed that a total of 18,774,159 voters are eligible to participate in the upcoming election.
This total includes three key categories of voters: Biometrically Registered Voters, comprising 18,640,811 individuals with biometric data, who will undergo biometric verification on election day.
Special Voters: 131,478 individuals, including personnel from security agencies, media, and EC officials, who will vote early due to their duties on election day.
Voters without Biometric Data: 1,870 voters whose biometric data was corrupted, requiring manual verification on election day.
In a statement, the EC highlighted that logistical adjustments have resulted in the administrative closure of certain polling stations.
Some stations were closed because they did not meet the minimum required voter threshold, while others were closed at the request of local communities.
The EC confirmed that voters from these closed stations have been reassigned to nearby polling stations to ensure they can still cast their votes in the election.
“Since no Register was generated for these closed Polling Stations, no Absent Voters list was created for them, resulting in 884 voters excluded from the Absent Voters List. Their records, including details of their movement, are securely maintained within the Voter Management System, ensuring full accountability,” the EC statement read.
