Delta State Independent Electoral Commission

In consonance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission Law, 2012 (as amended), the Commission has the duty of:

* Organizing, conducting and supervising all elections and matters pertaining to elections into elective offices provided for in the Local Government Law or any law enacted by the State House of Assembly;
* Monitoring political campaigns and providing rules and regulations which shall govern the elections;
* Ensuring that all the Electoral Commissioners, Electoral and Returning Officers take and subscribed to the Oath prescribed by law;
* Rendering such advice as it may consider necessary to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the compilation of the Register of Voters in so far as that Register is applicable to Local Government Elections in Delta State;
* Dividing each Local Government Area into such number of wards, not being more than 20 as the circumstances of each Local Government may require; the boundaries of each ward shall be such that the number of inhabitants of the ward is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable;
* Reviewing the division of every Local Government Area into wards at intervals of not less than 10 years and may alter such wards in accordance with the provisions of the law and to such extent as it may consider desirable;
* Carrying out such other functions as may be conferred upon it by law.

The Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) is a member of the Forum of State Electoral Commissions in Nigeria (FOSIECON) and the Association of African Electoral Authorities (AAEA) with Headquarters in Accra, Ghana.