Large voter turnout marks rerun elections in Kano’s Kura, Garun Malam LGAs
The rerun elections into the Kano State House of Assembly for six constituencies kicked off with the early arrival of election materials.
INEC officials were seen at polling units as early as 7:30 a.m., with registrations and voting starting simultaneously at 8 a.m. at different polling units.
There was a large turnout of voters in the Kura and Garun Malam local government areas.
At Garun Malam Local Government, election materials arrived on time, and the electorate came out early to cast their votes.
The rerun elections will be conducted in 60 polling units of the three constituencies for the state assembly seats.
The constituencies include Kura-Garun Malam, Rimin Gado–Tofa, and Kunchi-Tsanyawa.
There was peaceful election at Rimin Gado and Tofa constituencies without any distractions.
There was a heavy presence of security personnel in all the polling units, and people came out en mass to carry out their constitutional mandate.
(NAN)
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