Wednesday, 16 October 2013
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday announced that 1,784,536 persons were registered in Anambra State for the November 16, 2013 election.
The figure was presented at the INEC State headquarters in Awka by Mr. E. Akem who came from Abuja and the ceremony took place in the presence of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof Chukwuemeka Onukaogu and the supervising National Commissioner, Chief Lawrence Nwuruku.
The 23 political parties involved in the governorship election were represented by four of their members each and were given copies of the voter register.
According to INEC, at the completion of 2011 voter registration exercise, the Commission released tentative total registered voters of 2, 011, 746 adding that since then, the data capture process had gone a series of processes.
Statistics of the registration showed that 18-35 years were 52 percent, 36-50 persons of the registered voters were 25 percent, while those in the bracket of 51-69 years were 18 percent with those above 70 years were 5 percent.
Also, the number of females that registered in Anambra was 900, 701 which accounts for 50.5percent, while the males reduced in number and accounted for 49.5 percent.Ogbaru Local Government Area had the highest number of voters with over 139,000
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu in his address congratulated the political parties on the way they had conducted their campaigns so far in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu in his address congratulated the political parties on the way they had conducted their campaigns so far in the state.
