2025 Anambra Guber Poll: INEC Announces 96,085 New Voters, Extends Registration Exercise
It assured that the detailed breakdown of the new registrants - by age, gender, occupation, and disability status, will be published for public information.
Ahead of the 2025 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it recorded 96,085 new voters within nine days as of Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
INEC also stated that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which was initially scheduled to end today, has been extended until Sunday, July 20, 2025.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, following the Commission’s regular weekly meeting.
According to the statement, the Commission reviewed the ongoing preparation for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State and received further update on applications for registration by new political parties.
“The Commission is pleased with the turnout of registrants in Anambra State and the peaceful conduct of the CVR in all the 326 registration centres in the State. As of yesterday, Wednesday 16th July 2025, 96,085 new voters have successfully registered in nine days.
“On average, the Commission registered over 10,600 voters per day. In addition, 12,595 voters applied for transfer of their registration both within and outside the State while 7,061 persons applied for the update of their records or the replacement of their damaged or lost Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
“The CVR in Anambra State ends today. However, in response to appeal from citizens, the Commission hereby extends the exercise for three more days. It will now end on Sunday 20th July 2025,” the statement reads in part.
INEC noted that it will display the register for claims and objections by citizens, as required by law, followed by a data clean-up using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).
It assured that the detailed breakdown of the new registrants – by age, gender, occupation, and disability status, will be published for public information.
“At this preliminary stage, 56,017 (58%) of new registrants are female while 50,429 (52.48%) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34,” the Commission stated.
The statement further reads: “Meanwhile, the Commission has received five more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties. This brings the number received so far to 134. The details of the new associations, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses and interim leaderships are published on our website and other platforms for public information.”
INEC affirmed its commitment to keeping the public informed on all activities related to the election.
The Anambra Governorship election is scheduled for November 8, 2025.
