The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”.
The commission said IRev would enable Nigerians to view polling unit results in real time as voting ends on election day.
This was announced on Thursday in Abuja in a Statement by the National Commissioner/ Chairman information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Okoye Festus.
He said the IRev is a new step to further strengthen its election management process and enhance transparency of the system.
“To further strengthen the transparency in the election result management system, the commission has decided to introduce a dedicated public portal, IReV that will enable Nigerians to view polling unit results real time as the voting ends on election day.
“The commission wishes to emphasise that this does not constitute electronic collation of results.
“The collation of election results shall remain as provided for by law, a manual process of completion of relevant result sheets and their upwards collation until the final results are determined.
He disclosed that the innovation would begin from the Nasarawa Central State Constituency bye-election in Nasarawa State, holding on Saturday,then it will be extended to the Edo and Ondo State governorship elections as well as all subsequent elections.
“The commission hopes that this innovation will improve the transparency in election result management and therefore further consolidate public confidence in the electoral process,” he said.
He disclosed that for the Nasarawa Central state constituency election, the result sheet could be accessed by visiting https://inecelectionresults.com
“Click on Create new Account? Fill in your details in the form provided and click on Sign in and provide your State of origin and click on Continue”
“An account activation email is sent to the email address provided in the form.
” Check your email and correctly copy out the activation code which will be entered into the textbox provided on the portal.
” Then click on Activate. This logs you into the portal and you can select the Election which PU results you are interested in viewing,” he explained.
Okoye, who said that people could use the filter buttons to make the search easier, urged the public to remember to log out of the portal after use.
“The commission appeals to the public to make judicious use of this facility and looks forward to continuing to work with stakeholders to improve the quality of electoral services in our country,” he said
