{"id":96328,"date":"2019-01-07T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=96328"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:11:53","slug":"15-1m-new-voters-to-participate-in-2019-elections-as-national-register-hits-84m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/15-1m-new-voters-to-participate-in-2019-elections-as-national-register-hits-84m\/","title":{"rendered":"15.1m new voters to participate in 2019 elections as national register hits 84m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at least 84 million Nigerians will participate in this year\u2019s general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, dislcosed this on Monday in Abuja while presenting the national voter register to political parties.<\/p>\n<p>He said the total number of registered voters in the country stand at 84,004,084.<\/p>\n<p>This translates to just 42 percent of Nigeria\u2019s population which currently stands at 198 million.<\/p>\n<p>The number is 15.17m more than the 68, 833, 476 Nigerians who voted in the 2015 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential election is scheduled to hold on February 16 while the governorship and state houses of assembly polls will take place on March 2.<\/p>\n<p>In November, INEC said 73 political parties will be participating in the elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at least 84 million Nigerians will participate in this year\u2019s general elections. 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