The Independent National Electoral Commission has registered 131,165 new voters in Edo State following the conclusion of its Continuous Voter Registration exercise.

INEC Edo spokesperson, Toyon Buoro, disclosed this in a report on Friday, saying the exercise ran from August 2025 to July 2026.

According to the report, 52,907 voters transferred their registration to new polling units within the state, while 19,565 people applied for corrections and updates. The requests covered changes to names, dates of birth, gender, addresses and occupations.

Oredo Local Government Area recorded the highest number of new registrations among the 18 LGAs with 9,544 voters. Ovia North-East followed with 613.

Owan West recorded the lowest figure with 393 new voters. The INEC State Office in Benin also processed 747 new registrations, the highest at a single centre.

The CVR was designed to enable eligible Nigerians who turned 18 and others who missed previous registrations to get on the voters’ register ahead of future elections.