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D - Elections to a House of Assembly 112. State Constituencies Subject to the provisions of sections 91 and 113 of this Constitution, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall divide every State in the Federation into such number of State constituencies as is equal to three or four times the number of Federal constituencies within that State. 113. Size of State Constituencies The boundaries of each State constituency shall be such that the number of inhabitants thereof is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable. 114. Periodical review of State Constituencies (1) The Independent National Electoral Commission shall review the division of every State into constituencies at intervals of not less than ten years, and may alter such constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it may consider desirable in the light of the review. (2) The Independent National Electoral Commission may at any time carry out such a review and alter the constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it considers necessary in consequence of any alteration of the boundaries of the State or by reason of the holding of a census of the population of Nigeria in pursuance of an Act of the National Assembly. 115.Time when alteration of State Constituencies takes effect Where the boundaries of any State constituency established under section 112 of this Constitution are altered in accordance with the provisions of section 114 of this Constitution, that alteration shall come into effect after it has been approved by the National Assembly and after the current life of the House of Assembly. [Section 116(1) is altered by 116.Time of elections to Houses of Assembly Constitution of the (1) Elections to a House of Assembly shall be held on a date to be Federal Republic of appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Nigeria, 1999 (First accordance with the Electoral Act. Alteration Act) 2010] 86 The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Alterations