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2023 Presidential Election: Live updates

Who's going to come out on top and win Nigeria's most valuable political seat?

87.2 million Nigerians have the opportunity to fill 470 federal seats today.

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06:10 am: When will voting start?

Voting will commence at 8:30 am in polling units all over Nigeria, and end at 2:30 pm, but whoever is already accredited and on the line to vote by the time of the deadline will still be allowed to vote.

Voting starts at 8:30 am on election day
Voting starts at 8:30 am on election day

06:07 am: How many Nigerians will vote?

There are 93.5 million Nigerians on the national voters' register but 6.3 million of them have not collected their Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) in time to vote today. This leaves the number of voters eligible to vote at 87.2 million, the highest ever for any Nigerian election.

Nigeria's voters' turnout rate has been sliding down since 2003, but there are high hopes of an impressive turnout today.

The turnout rate in Nigerian elections has been going down since 2003
The turnout rate in Nigerian elections has been going down since 2003

06:05 am: The runoff question

The closeness of the race between the top three candidates has fueled speculations of a possible runoff election. That only happens when no candidate scores the highest number of votes while also winning 25% of votes in at least 24 states. You can read more about what would happen if a runoff election becomes necessary.

06:02 am: Who's running for president?

Let's keep a few things in mind before we go into the excitement of the day. There are 18 presidential candidates on the ballot, and you can read about all of them here, but the three frontrunners with strong chances of victory are Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) is also expected to have some say in today's contest.

06:00 am: Let the race begin!

Welcome to Pulse Nigeria's coverage of the 2023 presidential election. Millions of Nigerians will decide today who will replace President Muhammadu Buhari who will leave office on May 29, 2023.

President Muhammadu Buhari will say goodbye to Aso Rock Villa in three months
President Muhammadu Buhari will say goodbye to Aso Rock Villa in three months

Let's also not forget the National Assembly elections will happen at the same time as the presidential election. Hundreds of candidates are battling for the 109 seats in the Senate and 360 seats in the House of Representatives.

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