Section 29 Electoral Act 2026

Section 29 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Submission of list of candidates and their affidavits by political parties. It provides as follows:

(1) Every political party shall, not later than 120 days before the date appointed for
a general election under this Act, submit to the Commission, in the prescribed
Forms, the list of the candidates the party proposes to sponsor at the elections,
who shall have emerged from valid primaries conducted by the political party.

(2) The list or information submitted by each candidate shall be accompanied by an affidavit sworn to by the candidate at the Federal High Court, High Court of a
State, or Federal Capital Territory, indicating that he or she has fulfilled all the
constitutional requirements for election into that office.

(3) The Commission shall, within 21 days of the receipt of the personal particulars
of the candidate, publish same in the constituency where the candidate intends
to contest the election.

(4) Any person may apply to the Commission for a copy of nomination form,
affidavit and any other document submitted by a candidate at an election and the
Commission shall, upon payment of a prescribed fee, issue such person with a
certified true copy of the document within 14 days.

(5) An aspirant who participated in the primaries of his political party who has
reasonable grounds to believe that any information given by the political party’s
candidate in the affidavit or any document submitted by that candidate in relation
to his constitutional requirements to contest the election is false, may file a suit
at the Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory or in the jurisdiction
the cause of action arose against that candidate seeking a declaration that the
information contained in the affidavit is false.

(6) Where the Court determines that any of the information contained in the affidavit is false only as it relates to constitutional requirements of eligibility, the Court shall issue an order disqualifying the candidate and the sponsoring political
party.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6), where the election has been
held, the court shall direct the Commission to conduct a rerun among the
candidates that contested the subject election except the candidate and the party so disqualified.

(8) A candidate for an election shall, at the time of submitting the prescribed form, furnish the Commission with an identifiable address in the state where he or she intends to contest the election at which address all documents and court
processes from either the Commission or any other person shall be served on him or her.

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