Section 107 Electoral Act 2026

Section 107 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Date of Area Council elections and method of voting. It provides as follows:

(1) Election into all the Area Councils shall be held on the same date and day
throughout the Federal Capital Territory.

(2) Bye-elections to fill vacancies that occur in Area Councils shall be held within 30 days from the date the vacancy occurred.

(3) The date mentioned in subsection (1) shall not be earlier than 150 days before and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last
holder of that office.

(4) Where a vacancy occurs more than three months before the day the Area
Council stands dissolved there shall be a bye-election to fill the vacancy not
later than 30 days from the date the vacancy occurred.

(5) Voting shall be by open-secret ballot.

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