Not less than 483,796 eligible voters would not be able to vote today because they did not collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
A further breakdown of the registered voters’ figure showed that the male accounts for 1,159,325 (52 per cent) while the 1,051,209 are females (48 per cent).
Similarly, from the total registered voters, Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 50 percent (1,105,338); Middle Aged (36 – 50 years) account for 29.1 percent (643,551); Elderly (51 – 70 years) has 15.99 percent (353,508); with the Old (70+ years) account for 4. 89 percent (108,137).
Further distribution of registered voters in the three senatorial districts of the state showed Edo South has the highest figure of 1, 281, 414 with the North and Central senatorial districts having 564,122 and 364,998 respectively