The following table shows the aspect ratio (height to width ratio) of national flags used by countries and dependencies. Variant flags such as ensigns are listed in the "Alternative flags" column if they have different proportions from the national flag. Territories without an official flag distinct from that of their controlling country are excluded. The ratios most commonly used are 2:3, used by 85 of 195 sovereign states, followed by 1:2, used by 54 sovereign states. Most dependencies and former colonies use the same proportions as their mother countries: all British Overseas Territories use 1:2 ratios, while the flags of most former and current Dutch and French areas have 2:3 proportions. For comparison, the ratios are also given as a decimal number, which is the flag width divided by its height (e.g. a 2:3 flag has a decimal ratio of 3/2 = 1.5). Flags with irrational ratios have only a decimal approximation, and have the exact form given in the "Notes" column. Legend:
* Bold: Sovereign states (UN members and observers)
* Bold italics: States with limited recognition
* Italics: Dependencies, constituent countries, and other non-sovereign territories Click on the "Flag" header to sort by status: first sovereign states, then de facto countries, then dependencies. |- id="Abkhazia"| | Abkhazia| 1:2 (2)|| Another alternative government of that region has a more squarish unofficial flag.|- id="Afghanistan"| | Afghanistan| 2:3 (1.5)|| From 2001 until 2004, a 1:2 version of the flag was used.|- id="Åland"| | Åland ()| 17:26 (1.529)|||- id="Albania"| | Albania| 5:7 (1.4)| Civil, state and naval ensigns: 2:3| |- id="Algeria"| | Algeria| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="American Samoa"| | American Samoa ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Andorra"| | Andorra| 7:10 (1.429)|| |- id="Angola"| | Angola| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Anguilla"| | Anguilla ()| 1:2 (2)|| The 1967–1969 Republic of Anguilla's "Dolphin Flag" has a ratio of 3:5.|- id="Antigua and Barbuda"| | Antigua and Barbuda| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Argentina"| | Argentina| 5:8 (1.6)| Civil flag and ensign (without the sun): 9:14||- id="Armenia"| | Armenia| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Artsakh"| | Artsakh| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Aruba"| | Aruba ()| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Australia"| | Australia| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Austria"| | Austria| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Azerbaijan"| | Azerbaijan| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Bahamas"| | Bahamas| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Bahrain"| | Bahrain| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Bangladesh"| | Bangladesh| 3:5 (1.667)| Civil, naval and air force ensigns: 1:2| |- id="Barbados"| | Barbados| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign: 1:2| |- id="Belarus"| | Belarus| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Belgium"| | Belgium| 13:15 (1.154)| Civil and naval ensigns: both 2:3| The 2:3 version is used more commonly on land although the 13:15 is official.|- id="Belize"| | Belize| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Benin"| | Benin| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Bermuda"| | Bermuda ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Bhutan"| | Bhutan| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Bolivia"| | Bolivia| 15:22 (1.467)| Naval ensign: 2:3Qulla Suyu's banner: 1:1| |- id="Bonaire"| | Bonaire ()| 2:3 (1.5)|- id="Bosnia and Herzegovina"| | Bosnia and Herzegovina| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Botswana"| | Botswana| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Brazil"| | Brazil| 7:10 (1.429)| Naval jack: 3:4| |- id="British Antarctic Territory"| | British Antarctic Territory ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="British Indian Ocean Territory"| | British Indian Ocean Territory ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="British Virgin Islands"| | British Virgin Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Brunei"| | Brunei| 1:2 (2)| War flag: 2:3| |- id="Bulgaria"| | Bulgaria| 3:5 (1.667)| Naval ensign and jack: 2:3War flag: 1:1| |- id="Burkina Faso"| | Burkina Faso| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Burundi"| | Burundi| 3:5 (1.667)|| Until 1982, a 2:3 version of the flag was used.|- id="Cambodia"| | Cambodia| 16:25 (1.563)|||- id="Cameroon"| | Cameroon| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Canada"| | Canada| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Cape Verde"| | Cape Verde| 3:5 (1.667)| 2:3 (1.5)4:7 (1.571)10:17 (1.588)| Constitution does not specify an official aspect ratio; 2:3 (1.5) most widely used, 3:5 (1.667) alt.|- id="Cayman Islands"| | Cayman Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Central African Republic"| | Central African Republic| 2:3 (1.5)|| Varying sources give 2:3 and 3:5 ratios.|- id="Chad"| | Chad| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Chile"| | Chile| 2:3 (1.5)|| The original version of the flag had an aspect ratio of 1/2φ2tan(54°) ≈ 1.8017.|- id="China"| | China| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Christmas Island"| | Christmas Island ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Cocos (Keeling) Islands"| | Cocos (Keeling) Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Colombia"| | Colombia| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Comoros"| | Comoros| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Congo, Democratic Republic of the"| | Dem. Rep. of the Congo| 3:4 (1.333)|| All of the DRC's previous flags had 2:3 ratios.|- id="Congo, Republic of the"| | Republic of the Congo| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Cook Islands"| | Cook Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Costa Rica"| | Costa Rica| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Croatia"| | Croatia| 1:2 (2)| Civil and state ensign, naval ensign and naval jack: all 2:3| |- id="Cuba"| | Cuba| 1:2 (2)| Naval jack: 2:3| The naval jack, a white and blue bicolor with a white star in a red canton, was briefly the national flag during the Ten Years' War, from 1868 until 1878.|- id="Curaçao"| | Curaçao ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Cyprus"| | Cyprus| 2:3 (1.5)|| Until 2006, a slightly different design was used, which had an aspect ratio of 3:5.|- id="Czech Republic"| | Czech Republic| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Denmark"| | Denmark| 28:37 (1.321)| State flag and ensign: 56:107; naval ensign: 7:17 (both swallowtails)||- id="Djibouti"| | Djibouti| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Dominica"| | Dominica| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Dominican Republic"| | Dominican Republic| 5:8 (1.6)| | |- id="Ecuador"| | Ecuador| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Egypt"| | Egypt| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="El Salvador"| | El Salvador| 189:335 (1.772)| Civil flag (a plain tricolor): 3:5Alternative state flag (with the text "Dios Union Libertad"): 3:5 or 18:29| |- id="Equatorial Guinea"| | Equatorial Guinea| 2:3 (1.5)| ||- id="Eritrea"| | Eritrea| 1:2 (2)|| The first versions of the flag were 2:3, as well as the flag of the EPLF, on which the national flag is based.|- id="Estonia"| | Estonia| 7:11 (1.571)| Naval ensign: 7:13 (swallowtail)| |- id="Eswatini"| | Eswatini| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Ethiopia"| | Ethiopia| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Falkland Islands"| | Falkland Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Faroe Islands"| | Faroe Islands ()| 8:11 (1.375)|||- id="Fiji"| | Fiji| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Finland"| | Finland| 11:18 (1.636)| War flag/ensign: 11:19 (swallowtail)| |- id="France"| | France| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="French Guiana"| | French Guiana ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="French Polynesia"| | French Polynesia ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="French Southern and Antarctic Lands"| | French Southern and Antarctic Lands ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Gabon"| | Gabon| 3:4 (1.333)|||- id="The Gambia"| | Gambia| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Georgia"| | Georgia| 2:3 (1.5)|| The 1990–2004 flag had a 3:5 ratio.|- id="Germany"| | Germany| 3:5 (1.667)|| |- id="Ghana"| | Ghana| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Gibraltar"| | Gibraltar ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Greece"| | Greece| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Greenland"| | Greenland ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Grenada"| | Grenada| 3:5 (1.667)| Civil/state ensign and naval ensign: 1:2| |- id="Guadeloupe"| | Guadeloupe (France)| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Guam"| | Guam ()| 22:41 (1.864)|| |- id="Guatemala"| | Guatemala| 5:8 (1.6)|||- id="Guernsey"| | Guernsey ()| 2:3 (1.5)| Civil and state ensigns: 1:2||- id="Guinea"| | Guinea| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Guinea-Bissau"| | Guinea-Bissau| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Guyana"| | Guyana| 3:5 (1.667)| National ensign: 1:2Civil air ensign: 7:11||- id="Haiti"| | Haiti| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Honduras"| | Honduras| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Hong Kong"| | Hong Kong ()| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Hungary"| | Hungary| 1:2 (2)| Civil flag/ensign: 2:3War flag and naval ensign: 3:4||- id="Iceland"| | Iceland| 18:25 (1.389)| State/war flag/ensign: 9:16 (swallowtail)| |- id="India"| | India| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Indonesia"| | Indonesia| 2:3 (1.5)|| Compare with Flag of Monaco.|- id="Iran"| | Iran| 4:7 (1.748)|||- id="Iraq"| | Iraq| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Iraqi Kurdistan"| | Iraqi Kurdistan (Iraq)| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Republic of Ireland"| | Ireland| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Isle of Man"| | Isle of Man ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Israel"| | Israel| 8:11 (1.375)| Civil, naval and air force ensigns: 2:3| |- id="Italy"| | Italy| 2:3 (1.5)| War flag: 1:1| |- id="Ivory Coast"| | Ivory Coast| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Jamaica"| | Jamaica| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Japan"| | Japan| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Jersey"| | Jersey ()| 3:5 (1.667)| Civil and state ensigns: 1:2||- id="Jordan"| | Jordan| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Kazakhstan"| | Kazakhstan| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Kenya"| | Kenya| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign: 1:2||- id="Kiribati"| | Kiribati| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Korea, North"| | North Korea| 1:2 (2)| War, naval and air force flags: 3:4| The North and South Korean Unification Flag has 2:3 proportions.|- id="Korea, South"| | South Korea| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Kosovo"| | Kosovo| 5:7 (1.4)|| |- id="Kuwait"| | Kuwait| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Kyrgyzstan"| | Kyrgyzstan| 3:5 (1.667)|||- id="Laos"| | Laos| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Latvia"| | Latvia| 1:2 (2)| Naval ensign and jack: 2:3| |- id="Lebanon"| | Lebanon| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Lesotho"| | Lesotho| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Liberia"| | Liberia| 10:19 (1.9)|||- id="Libya"| | Libya| 1:2 (2)| Naval ensign: 2:3| The proportions were the same before 2011: 1:2 for the national flag (a solid green flag) and 2:3 for the naval ensign.|- id="Liechtenstein"| | Liechtenstein| 3:5 (1.667)|| |- id="Lithuania"| | Lithuania| 3:5 (1.667)| Naval ensign and jack: 1:2| Officially specified in the Law on the National Flag and Other Flags.|- id="Luxembourg"| | Luxembourg| 3:5 (1.667)| Civil ensign: 5:7| By law, both 1:2 and 3:5 ratios can be used, but 3:5 is more common. The civil ensign (a blue-and-white striped flag charged with a red lion) may be flown as a civil flag alongside the national flag, in which case it should have the same proportions as the tricolor.|- id="Macau"| | Macau ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Madagascar"| | Madagascar| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Malawi"| | Malawi| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Malaysia"| | Malaysia| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Maldives"| | Maldives| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Mali"| | Mali| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Malta"| | Malta| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Marshall Islands"| | Marshall Islands| 10:19 (1.9)|||- id="Martinique"| | Martinique (France)| 2:3 (1.5)| ||- id="Mauritania"| | Mauritania| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Mauritius"| | Mauritius| 2:3 (1.5)| Civil and state ensigns: 26:57Naval ensign: 1:2| |- id="Mexico"| | Mexico| 4:7 (1.75)| Naval Jack: 1:1| |- id="Micronesia"| | Micronesia| 10:19 (1.9)|||- id="Moldova"| | Moldova| 1:2 (2)| War flag: 2:3| |- id="Monaco"| | Monaco| 4:5 (1.25)| State flag: 2:3| 4:5 are the official proportions, though the flag is almost always displayed with a 2:3 ratio. Compare with Flag of Indonesia.|- id="Mongolia"| | Mongolia| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Montenegro"| | Montenegro| 1:2 (2)| Naval ensign: 2:5| |- id="Montserrat"| | Montserrat ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Morocco"| | Morocco| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Mozambique"| | Mozambique| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Myanmar"| | Myanmar| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign: 5:9| The pre-2010 national flag had the same 5:9 proportions as the current naval ensign.|- id="Namibia"| | Namibia| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Nauru"| | Nauru| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Nepal"| | Nepal| ≈ 5000000000 : 4101687939 (0.820)|| The only non-rectangular national flag; also the only flag with a decimal ratio below 1 (i.e. taller than it is wide). While the red inner part has a ratio of exactly 4:3 (0.75), the complete flag has an irrational aspect ratio of approximately 1.21901:1 due to the blue border.|- id="Netherlands"| | Netherlands| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="New Caledonia"| | New Caledonia ()| 1:2 (2)|| New Caledonia is one of the few regions with two official national flags: both the Kanak flag (shown) and the French tricolor (with 2:3 proportions) have official status.|- id="New Zealand"| | New Zealand| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Nicaragua"| | Nicaragua| 3:5 (1.667)|| |- id="Niger"| | Niger| 6:7 (1.167)|| The flag is sometimes displayed with other proportions than the unusual 6:7 ratio, even by the Nigerien government. The constitution does not give a specific aspect ratio.|- id="Nigeria"| | Nigeria| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Niue"| | Niue ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Norfolk Island"| | Norfolk Island ()| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Northern Cyprus"| | Northern Cyprus| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Northern Mariana Islands"| | Northern Mariana Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="North Macedonia"| | North Macedonia| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Norway"| | Norway| 8:11 (1.375)| State/war flag/ensign: 16:27 (swallowtail)||- id="Oman"| | Oman| 1:2 (2)| Naval ensign: 2:3||- id="Pakistan"| | Pakistan| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign: 1:2| |- id="Palau"| | Palau| 5:8 (1.6)|| |- id="Palestine"| | Palestine| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Panama"| | Panama| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Papua New Guinea"| | Papua New Guinea| 3:4 (1.333)|||- id="Paraguay"| | Paraguay| 11:20 (1.818)|| |- id="Peru"| | Peru| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval jack: 1:1||- id="Philippines"| | Philippines| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Pitcairn Islands"| | Pitcairn Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Poland"| | Poland| 5:8 (1.6)|| |- id="Portugal"| | Portugal| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval jack: 1:1| |- id="Puerto Rico"| | Puerto Rico ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Qatar"| | Qatar| 11:28 (2.545)|| Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height (not including the unofficial 6:13 proportions of the flag of ).|- id="Romania"| | Romania| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval jack: 1:1||- id="Russia"| | Russia| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Rwanda"| | Rwanda| 2:3 (1.5)| 6:13 (2.1(6))| Images of the flag are sometimes mistakenly seen with a 6:13 ratio.|- id="Saba"| | Saba (Netherlands)| 2:3 (1.5)| National ensign: 1:2Civil air ensign: 7:11||- id="Sahrawi Arab Dem. Rep."| | Sahrawi Arab Dem. Rep.| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Saint Kitts and Nevis"| | Saint Kitts and Nevis| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign: 1:2||- id="Saint Lucia"| | Saint Lucia| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Saint-Pierre and Miquelon"| | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"| | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines| 2:3 (1.5)|| Several websites list 7:11 proportions.|- id="Samoa"| | Samoa| 1:2 (2)|||- id="San Marino"| | San Marino| 3:4 (1.333)|| |- id="São Tomé and Príncipe"| | São Tomé and Príncipe| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Saudi Arabia"| | Saudi Arabia| 2:3 (1.5)| War flag: 5:7 (pennant)Naval ensign: 12:25||- id="Senegal"| | Senegal| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Serbia"| | Serbia| 2:3 (1.5)|| The former flag of Yugoslavia had a 1:2 ratio, as did the flag of Serbia and Montenegro.|- id="Seychelles"| | Seychelles| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="Sierra Leone"| | Sierra Leone| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Singapore"| | Singapore| 2:3 (1.5)| Civil, state and naval ensigns: 1:2| |- id="Sint Eustatius"| | Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)| 2:3 (1.5)| ||- id="Sint Maarten"| | Sint Maarten ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Slovakia"| | Slovakia| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Slovenia"| | Slovenia| 1:2 (2)| Civil ensign: 2:3| |- id="Solomon Islands"| | Solomon Islands| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Somalia"| | Somalia| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="South Africa"| | South Africa| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"| | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="South Ossetia"| | South Ossetia| 1:2 (2)|||- id="South Sudan"| | South Sudan| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Spain"| | Spain| 2:3 (1.5)| Army flag: 1:1| |- id="Sri Lanka"| | Sri Lanka| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Sudan"| | Sudan| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Suriname"| | Suriname| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Sweden"| | Sweden| 5:8 (1.6)| War flag/ensign: 1:2 (swallowtail)| |- id="Switzerland"| | Switzerland| 1:1 (1)| Civil/state ensign: 2:3| One of two square national flags (the other being ).|- id="Syria"| | Syria| 2:3 (1.5)|| The 1932–1958 and 1961–1963 flag, which is still used by some groups in the Syrian civil war, has 1:2 proportions. |- id="Taiwan"| | Taiwan| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Tajikistan"| | Tajikistan| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Tanzania"| | Tanzania| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Thailand"| | Thailand| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Timor-Leste"| | Timor-Leste| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Togo"| | Togo| 2:3.23607 (1.618034)|| The sides of the flag are in the golden ratio φ = 1+√5/2 ≈ 1.618034, making the flag of Togo one of two national flags with irrational proportions (the other being that of ).|- id="Tokelau"| | Tokelau ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Tonga"| | Tonga| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Transnistria"| | Transnistria| 1:2 (2)|| The civil flag (without the hammer and sickle and star) is also sometimes used with a 2:3 ratio.|- id="Trinidad and Tobago"| | Trinidad and Tobago| 3:5 (1.667)| Civil/state and naval ensigns: 1:2| |- id="Tunisia"| | Tunisia| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Turkey"| | Turkey| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Turkmenistan"| | Turkmenistan| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Turks and Caicos Islands"| | Turks and Caicos Islands ()| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Tuvalu"| | Tuvalu| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Uganda"| | Uganda| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Ukraine"| | Ukraine| 2:3 (1.5)| Naval ensign 2:3||- id="United Arab Emirates"| | United Arab Emirates| 1:2 (2)|| |- id="United Kingdom"| | United Kingdom| 1:2 (2)|||- id="United States"| | United States| 10:19 (1.9)|| Law does not specify flag proportions. They were detailed in Executive Order 10834.|- id="United States Virgin Islands"| | United States Virgin Islands ()| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Uruguay"| | Uruguay| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Uzbekistan"| | Uzbekistan| 1:2 (2)|||- id="Vanuatu"| | Vanuatu| 19:36 (1.895)|||- id="Vatican City"| | Vatican City| 1:1 (1)|| One of two square national flags (the other being ).|- id="Venezuela"| | Venezuela| 2:3 (1.5)|||- id="Vietnam"| | Vietnam| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Yemen"| | Yemen| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Zambia"| | Zambia| 2:3 (1.5)|| |- id="Zimbabwe"| | Zimbabwe| 1:2 (2)|||}

The 2021 Guinean coup d'état is a government takeover made by the armed forces of Guinea on 5 September 2021. It has resulted in the capture of the country's president, Alpha Condé, after gunfire in the capital Conakry. Members of the special forces released a video showing Condé in captivity, and the special forces commander Mamady Doumbouya released a broadcast on state television announcing the dissolution of the constitution and government.

The 2021 Kano local elections were held on January 16, 2021, to elect 44 local government chairmen and 484 local government councillors in all 44 local government areas. As in the , the Kano All Progressives Congress won all 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats. The All Progressives Congress' primaries reportedly became selections based on loyalty to incumbent Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje without policy debates as Ganduje attempts to build support for his post-governorship. For the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, its Kwankwasiyya faction boycotted the elections while the other faction led by Aminu Bashir Wali participated in the elections; the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission recognized the Wali-led faction, leading to lawsuits from the Kwankwasiyya faction. In total, 12 parties participated in the elections, although only the APC contested all 528 elections. On election day, voting was peaceful but concerns over low turnout and underage voting were raised immediately. Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission Ibrahim Garba-Sheka claimed the elections were successful and did not respond to The Punch reporter queries on photos of underage voters next to KANIEC officials. After the election, further reports of rigging in the APC primaries and underage voting along with a report of Garba-Sheka dining with Ganduje on election day led to doubts in the validity of the results and calls for reform in local election administration.
2021 Kano local elections
The 2021 Kano local elections were held on January 16, 2021, to elect 44 local government chairmen and 484 local government councillors in all 44 local government areas. As in the , the Kano All Progressives Congress won all 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats.

Ramzi bin al-Shibh