State or region
Member of the House of Assembly
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Unicameral state legislature; members elected by simple plurality in single-member state constituencies for four-year terms (Constitution of Nigeria 1999, ss. 90-92; 24 to 40 members per state).
- Seats
- 32
Next vote
Sources
- primebusiness.africa · checked Prime Business Africa, 2023: 837 Candidates, Running Mates Jostle For Governorship Seats In 28 States, 6 October 2022 (reporting INEC's final candidate list: 993 State Assembly seats), read 2026-10-12: 993 minus the 961 counted in the other 35 INEC state workbooks gives 32 for Rivers; the Rivers workbook itself could not be retrieved. Fallback: derived total, cross-checked against the loaded value 32. For: Member of the House of Assembly
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Houses of assembly of Nigerian states (seats column; total 990), read 2026-10-12: number of seats. Fallback: secondary source, because no official consolidated list was found. For: Member of the House of Assembly
- von.gov.ng · checked Voice of Nigeria (federal government broadcaster), INEC Issues Revised Timetable for 2027 General Election, 27 February 2026, read 2026-10-12: Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections Saturday 6 February 2027 (moved from 6 March 2027 under the Electoral Act 2026). Confirms the date. For: General election, February 6, 2027
- allafrica.com · checked INEC revised 2027 General Election timetable as reported by AllAfrica (2026-02-27), read 2026-10-12: governorship and State House of Assembly elections on 2027-02-06. Fallback: press report, because the INEC timetable PDF was not fetched. For: General election, February 6, 2027
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