AI-POWERED ELECTION RESULT PLATFORM TO DEBUT AT ANAMBRA POLL NOVEMBER 8
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
A new artificial intelligence-driven technology designed to provide real-time election result updates from polling units across Nigeria will debut during the Anambra State governorship election on November 8, its developers have announced.
The Managing Director of Soft Smart Enterprise Solutions, Charles Yakubu, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, describing the innovation as a major step toward enhancing electoral transparency and public confidence in Nigeria’s democratic process.
Yakubu explained that the system uses AI algorithms to capture and analyse polling unit result sheets — Form EC8A — with 95 per cent accuracy, providing Nigerians with the ability to monitor election results live as they are uploaded from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
“For the first time, we can achieve visible collation of results in real time. As each polling unit uploads its results, the figures will automatically update, allowing citizens to see the results as they are collated,” Yakubu said.
He added that the platform will offer a digital database and scorecard of election results, allowing users to “drill down” from the state level to local government, ward, and polling unit levels, enabling independent verification of outcomes.
Yakubu also revealed that the AI system could predict outcomes once about 40 per cent of results have been uploaded, similar to early projections used in elections in the United States and United Kingdom.
“If a party consistently maintains the same voting pattern across polling units, we can predict the likely winner even before all results are in. This is how modern electoral analysis works,” he said.
He described the upcoming Anambra poll demonstration as a “historic moment” for electoral integrity in Nigeria, noting that the state’s 21 local government areas, 326 wards, and 5,720 polling units will serve as a full-scale test of the platform’s capabilities.
“Once INEC uploads results to IReV, our system captures and transfers them into a database that automatically reflects updates like a live scoreboard. This is what electronic transmission of results looks like in other democracies and we are bringing it to Nigeria,” he stated.
Yakubu said the initiative would mark a turning point for election transparency, reduce post-election disputes, and boost public trust in the process.
“This is the future of election transparency in Nigeria. Every citizen will be able to see results as they come in no more doubts, no more disputes about what happened at the polling units,” he added.
The company assured that the November 8 demonstration will show Nigerians, for the first time, how AI can revolutionize electoral monitoring, making results visible, verifiable, and trustworthy in real time.
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