The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted six legislative by-elections in Ekiti State, according to allafrica. INEC chair Prof Joash Amupitan said the commission has no preferred aspirant or political party in the election, as reported by premiumtimes. He also stated that the Ekiti governorship poll will be used as a benchmark for 2027 election credibility, according to premiumtimes. As of 6:41 p.m., 2,048 polling unit results had been uploaded out of 2,445 polling units in Ekiti State, representing approximately 83.7 percent of the total expected uploads, according to ripplesnigeria.com. At 6:12 p.m., only 35.5 percent of the results had appeared on INEC’s IReV portal. The upload rate increased significantly between 6:12 p.m. and 6:41 p.m. Collation exercises are continuing across local government areas in Ekiti State, and election officials are working to reconcile and aggregate results from polling units, according to ripplesnigeria.com. Complaints of irregularities were reported during the election.