Nigeria’s Senate has passed the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026 for third reading. The most contentious moment came during a division vote on Clause 60(3) — a proviso allowing manual transmission of election results where network failure occurs. This page tracks how each senator voted on that division, mapped spatially for quick scanning.
Why this matters: Nexus (the team behind E Don Kast) believes electoral legitimacy starts with transparent legislative and polling data. Citizens should be able to quickly see who supported, opposed, abstained, or has no published vote record.
Clause 60(3) Division Vote: Manual Backup for Result Transmission
Interactive Map: Senate Votes by Seat
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What senators voted on
The division vote was specifically on Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which provides that where network failure occurs, election results may be transmitted manually using Form EC8A signed by the Presiding Officer and counter-signed by party agents.
- Yes (retain proviso): Senator voted to keep the manual backup option alongside electronic transmission
- No (remove proviso): Senator voted for mandatory real-time electronic transmission only, with no manual fallback
The bill also introduced electronic transmission of polling unit results to INEC’s IReV portal as the default method — a first since 1960. The manual backup applies only when network failure prevents electronic transmission.
Key amendments in the bill
Clause 28 — Election notice period reduced to 300 days. The Senate amended the notice period from 360 to 300 days before elections, after the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, raised concerns that the original timeline would place the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections during Ramadan, potentially affecting voter turnout and logistical coordination.
Clause 60 — Electronic transmission with manual fallback. Real-time electronic transmission of polling unit results to the IReV portal is now the primary method. Duly signed Form EC8A remains the primary source of results in the event of network failure.
Party primaries — Direct and consensus only. The Senate approved only direct primaries and consensus as methods for selecting party candidates, removing indirect/delegate primaries.
The 15 senators who voted No
These senators voted against retaining the manual backup proviso, insisting on mandatory real-time electronic transmission:
| Senator | State | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enyinnaya Abaribe | Abia | South | ADC |
| Austin Akobundu | Abia | Central | PDP |
| Tony Nwoye | Anambra | North | LP |
| Victor Umeh | Anambra | Central | APGA |
| Emmanuel Nwachukwu | Anambra | South | APGA |
| Abdul Ningi | Bauchi | Central | PDP |
| Seriake Dickson | Bayelsa | West | PDP |
| Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo | Gombe | North | PDP |
| Sikayo Yaro | Gombe | South | PDP |
| Khalid Mustapha | Kaduna | North | PDP |
| Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan | Kogi | Central | PDP |
| Onawo Ogwoshi | Nasarawa | South | ADC |
| Peter Jiya | Niger | South | PDP |
| Aminu Tambuwal | Sokoto | South | PDP |
| Ireti Kingibe | FCT | FCT | ADC |
2 opposition senators who crossed over to vote Yes
These opposition lawmakers joined the majority to retain the manual backup proviso:
| Senator | State | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olalere Oyewunmi | Osun | West | PDP |
| Amos Yohanna | Adamawa | North | PDP |
Olalere Oyewunmi is the Deputy Minority Leader. The remaining 53 Yes votes were predominantly from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but individual names have not been published in media reports. This includes Aliyu Wadada (Nasarawa West), who was elected on the SDP ticket but defected to APC in August 2025.
Current vote categories
- Yes: Voted to retain manual backup proviso (Clause 60(3))
- No: Voted against — for mandatory electronic transmission only
- Not Disclosed: No individual vote record published yet (most of the 55 Yes voters are in this category, as only the 2 opposition crossovers were named)
- Vacant: Seat unoccupied at time of vote — senator deceased, pending by-election
Data sources and update workflow
- Base seat structure uses all 109 Senate seats (3 per state + 1 FCT seat).
- Vote data sourced from BusinessDay reporting on the third reading passage.
- The map reads from:
public/data/senate-electoral-act-votes.csv - To update the map quickly, edit this CSV and redeploy.
Transparency note: All 109 senate seats are populated with senator names and current party affiliations sourced from INEC election records, court rulings, and media reports. Only 17 of 109 senators have individually confirmed vote records from media reporting on the Clause 60(3) division. The remaining occupied seats are marked Not Disclosed until official roll-call records become available. Two seats (Nasarawa North, Enugu North) were vacant at the time of the vote due to the deaths of Senators Godiya Akwashiki and Okey Ezea. Party affiliations reflect each senator’s current party, accounting for defections, court-ordered replacements, and bye-elections since the 2023 inauguration.
If you have official roll-call records or corrections, send them to us via our contact page. We’ll update the tracker promptly.