This is even as the commission foreclosed the possibility of electronic and Diaspora voting during the 2015 general election.
By this addition, the total number of polling units across the country’s 774 local government areas is now 150,000 from the initial 119,973.
He explained the decision to create the additional polling units was taken at the Commission’s meeting on August 12, 2014.
According to the breakdown of the approved reallocation of the 150,000 polling units, Lagos leads the chart with registered voters put at 5,426,391, and an additional 2,870 polling units, making 11,565 polling units.
Kano State with 4,751,818 as registered voters has additional 2,053 polling units, bringing its total to 9,809.
Next by registered voters is Kaduna State which has a registered voters numbering 3,743,815 and additional polling units of 2,878, bringing its total to 7,485.
For Katsina State with population of 2,928,046, it got an additional 1,339 polling units to increase the total number of polling units in the state to 3,818.
Jigawa State, according to the breakdown, has a voter registration of 1,817,087 with additional polling units of 346, making a total of 3,677.
Ogun State has registered voters of 1,796,024 and additional polling units of 569, bringing the total to 3, 818.
Bayelsa State has registered voters of 590,679 and additional polling units of 121, making a total of 1,925.
The 2010 Electoral Act (as amended) provides that each polling unit is expected to have not more than 500 voters.
Meanwhile, the electoral umpire has foreclosed the possibility of electronic and Diaspora voting in 2015.
The commission also supported an amendment of the Electoral Act, which constitutionally limits the role of the armed forces in elections.
The commission requested the National Assembly to extend the time for conduct of run-off elections to offices of president and governors from seven days to 21 days.