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March 8, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission is tohold National Assembly bye-elections in 14 states of the federation coveringseven senatorial districts and 24 federal constituencies.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja atthe consultative meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee onElections Security .
He said that National Assembly elections in theaffected areas were disrupted mainly by acts of violence involving ballot boxsnatching, abduction of INEC officials, over voting and the failure to adhereto regulations and guidelines.
INEC chairman added that the number of registeredvoters in the polling units involved in each constituency is more than thevotes received by the candidate with the highest number of votes.
Yakubu said the list of candidates that emergedwinners in the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections will beavailable on INEC website later.