This paper attempts a contribution to the theorisation of electoral politics and culture. It is concerned with the cycle of electoral consciousness that has transpired in the Nigerian popular music scene between 1999 and 2016. Electoral consciousness is the effect of an alteration in people’s political mindfulness during electoral campaign seasons, an effect which manifests in the works/arts of the people. By focusing on some works of five Nigerian popular musicians – Tuface Idibia, D’banj, Sound Sultan, Olamide and Onyeka Onwenu – the paper highlights the increased frequency of political material in the popular music produced during electoral seasons. The analysis considers how the music bearing neutral (±), negative (-), positive (+), ultra-positive (+*) and ultra-negative (-*) electoral valences result in the neutral electoral consciousness, the negative electoral consciousness, the positive electoral consciousness, the ultra-positive electoral consciousness, and the ultra-negative electoral consciousness, respectively.
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