Section 104 Electoral Act 2026

Section 104 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Division of Area Council into registration area. It provides as follows:

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall divide each Area Council into registration areas or Electoral Wards not being less than 10 and
not more than 20 as the circumstance of each Area Council may require.

(2) The boundaries of each registration area or Electoral Ward shall be such that
the number of inhabitants of the registration area or Electoral Ward is as nearly
equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable.

(3) The Commission shall review the division of every Area Council at intervals
of not less than 10 years and may alter such registration area or Electoral Ward
in accordance with subsection (1) to such extent as it may consider desirable
in the light of the review.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Commission may, at any time, carry out
such a review and alter the Electoral Ward in accordance with the provisions
of this section to such extent as it considers necessary in consequence of any
amendment to section 3 of the Constitution or any provision replacing that
provision or by reason of the holding of a national population census or under
a Act of the National Assembly.

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