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ABSTRACT
The research seeks to examine the role of citizens in a free and fair elections in Nigeria: a case study of Edo state. Nigeria a country with different ethnic groups and corrugated different political agendas ranging from the citizen’s perspective to the political parties. The main objective of the study is to examine the contributions of citizens to sustaining a free and fair election in Nigeria. Prior to this study, the research also seeks to examine the importance of political party in elections in Nigeria. Five research questions were raised in the research and the method used to elicit information in the research is secondary data which involves the use of textbooks, journals, monographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers and the internet. It was found that political parties are well placed in enabling functional inputs into the electoral system through political mobilization and education which would aid electorates to make informed political decisions or through a wellfunctioning aggregative mechanism that would check dysfunctional politicking. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that to have a free, fair and credible election in Nigerian the citizen needs to have optimum use of their political power. Also, there is a need for government to enlighten the public on the importance of education; this will enable the electorate to know their right and privileges and INEC should rigorously adhere to electoral guidelines.
