Section 37: Election of more than one candidate.

(1) A candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two candidates
(a) he has a majority of the votes at the election; and
(b) he has not less than one third of all vote in each of at least two-thirds of all the Local Government Areas in the State.
(2) In default of a candidate being duly elected under section 35 or 36 of this Act, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall within 7 days of the result of the election constitute an electoral college consisting of all members of the House of Assembly of the State and Local Government Councils in the State sitting and voting together in the House of Assembly and a candidate shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Governor if he has a simple majority of the votes of all the members of the House of Assembly and the Local Government Councils present and voting.
(3) In the event of an equality of votes following an election by the electoral college under subsection (2) of this section, another or further elections shall be conducted by the electoral college until the emergence of a candidate elected as provided in subsection (2) of this section.