Section 76: Time of Election to the National Assembly (amended by Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (First Alteration) Act, 2010 and Section 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Alteration) Act, 2010)

1 Elections to each House of the National Assembly shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission in accordance with the Electoral Act.

2 The date mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall not be earlier than one hundred and fifty days and not later than thirty days before, or where the election to fill a vacancy occurring more than ninety days before such date; not later than thirty days after the vacancy occurred.