Section 25 Electoral Act 2026

Section 25 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Announcement and declaration of election results. It provides as follows:

(1) The results of all the elections shall be announced by the —
(a) Presiding Officer at the polling unit;
(b) Ward collation officer at the registration area or Ward Collation Centre;

(c) Local Government or Area Council collation officer at the Local Government or Area Council Collation Centre; and
(d) State Collation Officer at the State collation centre.

(2) The returning officer shall announce the result and declare the winner of the election at —
(a) Registration Area or Ward Collation Centre in the case of Councillorship election in the Federal Capital Territory;
(b) Area Council Collation Centre in the case of Chairmanship and ViceChairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory;

(c) State Constituency Collation Centre in the case of State House of Assembly election;
(d) Federal Constituency Collation Centre in the case of election to the House of Representatives;

(e) Senatorial District Collation Centre in the case of election to the Senate;
(f) State Collation Centre in the case of election of a Governor of a State;
(g) State Collation Centre in the case of a Presidential election; and
(h) National Collation Centre in the case of election of the President.

(3) The Chief Electoral Commissioner shall be the returning officer at the Presidential election.

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