Facts have emerged that Lagos State topped the list of registered voters for the 2011 general elections with a figure of 6,247,845.
But the North-West lead the six geo-political zones with 18,900,543 eligible voters.
These were contained in provisional figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday in Abuja.
According to the figure, a total of 67,764,327 Nigerians were registered at the end of the registration exercise.
Other zonal figures showed that
South-West came second with 14,298, 356.
North-East, 10,038,119.
South-South, 8,937,057.
North-Central, 7,675,369.
South-East, 7,028,560.
Federal Capital Territory, 886,323.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who made the list public, added that the final would be out on March 2, 2011 after cleaning the register of double registration.
The commission is currently collating data from states on double registration
Source: The Punch
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Lagos leads voter registration with 6.2m voters, North West leads Zones
Lagos leads voter registration with 6.2m voters, North West leads Zones
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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