Accreditation stats
How many registered voters actually show up and get accredited.
Fewer than 3 in 10 registered voters were accredited in 2023
Turnout by geopolitical zone, 2023
The three northern zones turned out above 30%; the South-East and South-South trailed by roughly ten points. Zone turnout follows ICIR’s method and may differ slightly from INEC’s own turnout calculation.
Accredited voters vs. votes actually cast
Closing the gap. In 2015, 2,314,407 more voters were accredited than votes were cast. With BVAS accreditation in 2023 the gap fell to 321,398, a sign of tighter alignment between accreditation and ballots.
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Sources: INEC declared results (2015, 2019, 2023); zone turnout from ICIR analysis of INEC data. Percentages computed by DICE.