Adekunbi Ero
Collation officers from 16 out of the 18 local government areas of Edo State where the governorship election took place on Saturday have announced collated results at the Benin City headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The returning officer, Professor Farouk Adamu Kuta, vice chancellor of University of Technology, Minna, Niger State however deferred the announcement of the two remaining local governments till 5 pm on Sunday, after which a winner would be announced.
The results showed that Okpebholo lost his Esan Northeast local government area to Asue Ighodalo, with 10, 648 to the latter’s 12, 522 votes, while the controversial deputy governor of Edo State, Marvellous Godwins Olabayo, and the speaker, Edo State House of Assembly lost their Akoko Edo local government area, in a very dismal performance, scoring 15, 865 votes to APC’s 34, 847 votes.
The deputy governorship candidate of the APC, Dennis Idahosa, also lost his Ovia Northeast local government to the PDP. He also narrowly lost Ovia Southwest to the PDP with 10, 150 votes to the ruling party’s 10, 260.
So far, INEC has collated results from Igueben, Esan West, Owan West, Uhunmwonde, Ovia Northeast and Esan Southeast local government areas.
Others are Egor, Akoko Edo, Esan Central, Esan Northeast, Ovia Southwest, Orhionmwon, Owan East, Etsako East, Etsako Central and Etsako West local government areas.
An analysis of the results of the 16 local government areas so far released showed that the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo, has won in 10, and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s Asue Ighodalo, in 6, while the Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata has not won in any local government.
Below are the results:
- Igueben LGA
Registered voters – 54, 549
Accredited – 15, 274
A – 1
AAC – 4
ADC – 49
ADP – 18
APC – 5, 907
APGA – 10
APP – 2
BP – 3
LP – 494
NNPP – 5
NRM – 13
PDP – 8, 470
PRP – 10
SDP – 1
YPP – 2
Valid votes – 14, 989
Rejected – 278
Total vote cast – 15, 267
No cancellation
- Esan West LGA
Registered voters – 113, 067
Accredited – 25, 702
AA – 2
AAC – 11
ADC – 87
ADP – 39
APC – 12, 952
APGA – 23
APM – 12
BP – 4
LP – 342
NNPP – 8
NRM – 121
PDP – 11, 004
PRP – 72
SDP – 2
YPP – 9
ZLP – 3
Valid votes – 24, 691
Rejected – 693
Total vote cast – 25, 384
No cancellation
- Owan West LGA
Registered voters – 67, 076
Accredited – 24, 311
A – 4
AA – 1
ADC – 41
ADP – 47
APC – 12, 277
APGA – 12
BP – 1
LP – 201
NNPP – 2
NRM – 21
PDP – 11, 284
PRP – 8
YPP – 1
ZLP – 4
Valid votes – 23, 904
Rejected – 391
Total vote cast – 24, 295
No cancellation
- Uhunmwonde LGA
Registered voters – 92, 169
Accredited – 20, 044
A – 4
AA – 4
AAC – 11
ADC – 125
ADP – 32
APC – 8, 776
APGA – 30
APM – 6
APP – 4
BP – 1
LP – 769
NNPP – 62
NRM – 24
PDP – 9, 339
PRP – 13
YPP – 10
ZLP – 13
Valid votes – 19, 223
Rejected – 553
Total vote cast – 19, 776
No cancellation
- Ovia North East LGA
Registered voters – 17, 7106
Accredited – 32, 441
A – 17
AA – 8
AAC – 24
ADC – 187
ADP – 90
APC – 13, 225
APGA – 48
APM – 13
APP – 9
BP – 12
LP – 1, 675
NNPP – 37
NRM – 40
PDP – 15, 311
PRP – 34
SDP – 4
YPP – 23
ZLP – 26
Valid votes – 30, 783
Rejected – 1, 312
Total vote cast – 32, 095
No cancellation
- Esan South East LGA
Registered voters – 90, 240
Accredited – 23,390
AA – 2
AAC – 21
ADC – 23
ADP – 7
APC – 8, 398
APGA – 18
BP – 1
LP – 98
NRM – 7
PDP – 14, 199
PRP – 3
YPP – 1
ZLP – 2
Valid votes – 22, 780
Rejected – 356
Total vote cast – 23, 136
No cancellation
- Egor LGA
Registered voters – 24, 2266
Accredited – 35, 463
A – 14
AA – 3
AAC – 18
ADC – 195
ADP – 70
APC – 1, 6760
APGA – 48
APM – 8
APP – 13
BP – 28
LP – 1, 966
NNPP – 43
NRM – 95
PDP – 14, 658
PRP – 46
SDP – 3
YPP – 32
ZLP – 23
Valid votes – 34, 022
Rejected – 1,018
Total vote cast – 35, 040
No cancellation
- Akoko Edo LGA
Registered voters – 14, 4379
Accredited – 54, 395
A – 13
AA – 16
AAC – 9
ADC – 75
ADP – 195
APC – 34, 847
APGA – 59
APM – 1
APP – 4
BP – 2
LP – 2, 239
NNPP – 15
NRM – 19
PDP – 15, 865
PRP – 8
SDP – 155
YPP – 16
ZLP – 9
Valid votes – 53, 547
Rejected – 331
Total vote cast – 53, 878
No cancellation
- Esan Central LGA
Registered voters – 68, 338
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Accredited – 20, 580
A – 2
AAC – 9
ADC – 81
ADP – 26
APC – 10, 990
APGA – 15
APM – 2
BP – 1
LP – 418
NNPP – 2
NRM – 16
PDP – 8, 618
PRP – 7
YPP – 6
ZLP – 4
Valid votes – 20, 198
Rejected – 361
Total vote cast – 20, 559
No cancellation
- Esan North East LGA
Registered voters – 10, 6280
Accredited – 24, 430
A – 2
AA – 2
AAC – 13
ADC – 100
ADP – 48
APC – 10, 648
APGA – 20
APM – 8
APP – 3
BP – 1
LP – 194
NNPP – 8
NRM – 40
PDP – 12, 522
PRP – 9
SDP – 1
YPP – 8
ZLP – 10
Valid votes – 23, 637
Rejected – 674
Total vote cast – 24, 311
No cancellation
- Ovia South West LGA
Registered voters – 11, 2091
Accredited – 23, 196
A – 15
AA – 4
AAC – 10
ADC – 138
ADP – 71
APC – 10, 150
APGA – 40
APM – 13
APP – 7
BP – 10
LP – 849
NNPP – 18
NRM – 36
PDP – 10, 260
PRP – 44
SDP – 3
YPP – 23
ZLP – 19
Valid votes – 21, 710
Rejected – 1, 086
Total vote cast – 22, 796
No cancellation
- Orhionmwon LGA
Registered voters – 139, 260
Accredited – 33, 196
A – 8
AA – 1
AAC – 6
ADC – 139
ADP – 44
APC – 16, 059
APGA – 29
APM – 14
APP – 8
BP – 13
LP – 556
NNPP – 6
NRM – 35
PDP – 14, 614
PRP – 7
SDP – 3
YPP – 12
ZLP – 5
Valid votes – 31, 559
Rejected – 1, 091
Total vote cast – 32, 650
No cancellation
One PU in Ugboko RA – Area not accessible
Total registered voters – 219
PVCs collected – 188
- Owan East LGA
Registered voters – 106, 252
Accredited – 34, 618
AAC – 4
ADC – 37
ADP – 34
APC – 19, 380
APGA – 25
APM – 2
APP – 3
BP – 2
LP – 446
NNPP – 4
NRM – 17
PDP – 14, 189
PRP – 7
YPP – 2
ZLP – 5
Valid votes – 34, 157
Rejected – 420
Total vote cast – 34, 577
No cancellation
- Etsako East LGA
Registered voters – 102, 754
Accredited – 35, 084
A – 1
AA – 3
AAC – 2
ADC – 48
ADP – 36
APC – 20, 167
APGA – 38
BP – 6
LP – 604
NNPP – 326
NRM – 4
PDP – 9, 683
PRP – 2
SDP – 1
YPP – 3
ZLP – 2
Valid votes – 30, 926
Rejected – 435
Total vote cast – 31, 361
No cancellation
- Etsako Central LGA
Registered voters – 59, 430
Accredited – 21, 465
AA – 1
AAC – 1
ADC – 20
ADP – 15
APC – 11, 906
APGA – 20
APM – 1
APP – 1
LP – 381
NNPP – 10
NRM – 13
PDP – 8, 455
PRP – 11
YPP – 1
ZLP – 15
Valid votes – 20, 851
Rejected – 294
Total vote cast – 21, 145
No cancellation
Incident:
Lack of access to a polling unit due to heavy rainfall:
Registered voters – 162
PVCs collected – 153
- Etsako West LGA
Registered voters – 186, 449
Accredited – 54, 304
A – 15
AA – 6
AAC – 16
ADC – 175
ADP – 86
APC – 32, 107
APGA – 67
APM – 8
APP – 6
BP – 9
LP – 2, 116
NNPP – 32
NRM – 39
PDP – 17483
PRP – 16
SDP – 6
YPP – 9
ZLP – 30
Valid votes – 52, 226
Rejected – 1, 188
Total vote cast – 53, 414
No cancellation
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