Samuel Adelaja
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki has been declared winner to be returned as the executive Governor of Edo State, having defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Ize Iyamu, in the September gubernatorial elections.
Obaseki sailed easily to victory after recording a wide margin win in 13 local governments in the state with a total of 307,955 votes.
The APC gubernatorial candidate, Ize Iyamu, won in five local governments with a total of 223,619 votes, but this was not enough to pose a threat to the chances of the State’s ruling party.
Below are the results as announced by INEC
AKOKO EDO APC – 22,963 PDP – 20,101
EGOR APC- 10,202 PDP – 27,621
ESAN CENTRAL APC – 6,719 PDP – 10,794
ESAN NORTH EAST APC – 6,556 PDP – 13,579
ESAN SOUTH EAST APC – 9,237 PDP – 10,563
ESAN WEST APC – 7,189 PDP – 17,434
ETSAKO CENTRAL APC – 8,359 PDP – 7,478
ETSAKO EAST APC – 17,011 PDP – 10,668
ETSAKO WEST APC – 26,140 PDP – 17,959
IGUEBEN APC – 5,199 PDP – 7,870
IKPOBA OKHA APC – 18,218 PDP – 41,030
OREDO APC – 18,365 PDP – 43,498
ORHIONMWON APC – 10,458 PDP – 13,445
OVIA NORTH EAST APC – 9,907 PDP – 16,987
OVIA SOUTH WEST APC – 10,636 PDP – 12,659
OWAN EAST APC – 19,295 PDP – 14,762
OWAN WEST APC – 11,193 PDP – 11,485
UHUNMWODE APC – 5,972 PDP – 10,022
Total votes as announced by INEC
APC: 223,619 — PDP: 307,955
Valid votes: 537,407
Rejected votes: 12,835
Votes cast: 550,242