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The paper examined the impact of automatic ticket on elections and democracy in Nigeria. The paper contends that automatic ticket robs the electorates the political mandate which is reinforced by pervasive electoral fraud as orchestrated by the political elites in their unbridled quest to have unrestrained access to state power and resources. The paper noted that the issuance of automatic ticket to loyal political contestants by the political god fathers or king makers has in recent time become a cog in the wheel of democracy in Nigeria.