……INEC lists 142 candidates for the State House of Assembly, 49 for the House of Representatives and 22 for the Senate.
A total of 213 candidates have been listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 36 legislative seats to be contested in Edo State in the 2027 general elections.
The breakdown shows that 142 candidates are seeking the 24 seats in the Edo State House of Assembly, while 49 candidates are contesting the state’s nine seats in the House of Representatives.
Another 22 candidates are listed for the three senatorial districts covering Edo North, Edo Central and Edo South.
Edo will not hold a governorship election in 2027 because the state operates on a different electoral cycle. However, elections to the State House of Assembly will take place. INEC has scheduled the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the states holding those polls for February 6, 2027.
Major parties dominate Assembly contests
The candidate list shows the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Democratic Congress (NDC), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) fielding candidates across all 24 State House of Assembly constituencies.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), meanwhile, has candidates in 13 Assembly constituencies.
The party also has candidates in four House of Representatives constituencies and two senatorial districts.
Other parties participating in the Assembly election include the African Action Congress (AAC), Labour Party (LP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action Democratic Party (ADP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Action Peoples Party (APP).
The spread of candidates indicates that voters in several constituencies will have multiple party options on the ballot.
Competition extends to National Assembly seats
The 49 candidates listed for the nine House of Representatives seats include nominees from the ADP, APC, NDC, SDP and ADC.
Other parties contesting House of Representatives seats include the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and YPP.
The Senate race has a smaller field, with 22 candidates competing for the three available seats.
APC, NDC, ADC and ADP have candidates across all three senatorial districts.
Accord, SDP, AAC, ZLP, YPP, PDP, LP and DLA are also participating in the senatorial contest, although they have not fielded candidates in all three districts.
What the list means for Edo
The figures point to a competitive legislative election in Edo, with several parties seeking representation at both state and federal levels.
The 2027 contest will also take place against the backdrop of a changing political landscape in the state following the 2024 governorship election, which was won by APC candidate Monday Okpebholo.
INEC’s publication of candidate particulars is part of the commission’s preparations for the 2027 elections and allows political parties and members of the public to scrutinise the information submitted by candidates. Reports on the publication of candidate particulars began emerging after the commission commenced the exercise on August 29.
The candidate lists may still be subject to changes arising from withdrawals, corrections or court orders, as INEC maintains procedures for amending published candidate lists where required.
For voters, the key issue will now be how the candidates and parties present their programmes, records and priorities ahead of the legislative elections.
Source note: I could verify INEC’s 2027 electoral timetable and its candidate-publication process, but I could not locate the specific official Edo document containing the 213-candidate breakdown in INEC’s publicly indexed pages. I have therefore retained the 213/142/49/22 figures from the material you supplied rather than falsely attributing those exact figures to an official document I could not independently retrieve.
