INEC register of political parties
The list of registered parties with national chairman, national secretary and secretariat address.
- Publisher
- Independent National Electoral Commission
- Country
- Nigeria
- Source type
- OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD
- Years
- Current register only (no history on the page)
- Format
- HTML
- Access
- Public page; no login
- Priority
- High
- Last checked
- 2026-10-04
Evidence
22 registered parties retrieved. Several officers are annotated 'By Court Order', which is kept as published.
Limitations
The page shows the current state only. Earlier officers must be captured from archives; changes are detected by the daily watch.
Ingestion plan
Ingested with ingest/inec_parties.py (SHA-256, Wayback copy, count check against the page's own total). Officers are stored with effective dates so history is never overwritten.
Expected records, as stated: 22 parties, 44 officer entries.
Terms of use
INEC's website states 'All Rights Reserved'. Facts are cited to the page.
Possible joins
- Party abbreviation
Joins describe keys that could connect datasets. A link between ownership, contracts or finance records does not show causation or wrongdoing.
Referenced in coverage
- Candidates, 2027: PARTIAL