The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won Saturday’s presidential poll in Ekiti State.
Tinubu secured 202,494 vites to defeat his main challengers, Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party(PDP) and Labour Party(LP) candidate Peter Obi who polled 89,554 votes and 11,397 respectively.
The results of the election was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Ekiti Collation Officer, Prof. Akeem Lasisi after the collation of the results from the 16 council areas.
Announcing the final results, Prof. Lasisi said “the APC scored a total of 201,494 votes across the state to defeat other candidates, disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party scored 89,554 votes while Labour Party garnered 11,397 votes just as New Nigerian Peoples Party got 264 votes in the state.
“Ekiti has a total of 988,923 registered voters, out of this, the number of accredited voters 315,058. Total valid votes, 308,171, the number of rejected votes 6,301 and total votes cast, 314,470. This is the final result of the presidential election in Ekiti State”.
The following are the breakdown of the results:
IKERE LG
APC-11,659
LP- 910
NNPP- 24
PDP- 7,198
IJERO LG
APC- 12, 628
LP- 373
NNPP- 6
PDP- 5, 731
IDO/OSI LG
APC- 11, 917
LP- 782
NNPP- 14
PDP- 7, 476
EKITI WEST LG
APC- 14, 516
LP- 391
NNPP- 10
PDP- 4, 318
MOBA LG
APC- 12, 046
LP- 246
NNPP- 11
PDP- 5, 847
IKOLE LG
APC- 15, 465
LP- 779
NNPP- 11
PDP- 10, 198.
ILEJEMEJE LG
APC– 4,599
LP-97
PDP-. 2662
NNPP- 3
ISE/ORUN
APC– 11,415
LP- 497
PDP- 2,734
NNPP- 10
EFON LG
APC-5’873
LP- 125
PDP- 2,521
NNPP-3
GBONYIN LG
APC-. 11,969
LP-245
PDP-4,178
NNPP-11
EMURE LG
APC-8,159
PDP-30
LP-465
NNPP-14
IREPODUN/ IFELODUN
APC-14,265
LP- 544
PDP-5,516
NNPP-24.
EKITI EAST
APC- 12,426
PDP-7,782
LP-375
NNPP-007
ADO
APC-28,751
PDP-8168
LP-4485
NNPP-87
EKITI SOUTHWEST
APC-11,334
PDP-5047
LP-440
NNPP-009
OYE
APC-14472v
PDP-7143
LP-643
NNPP-020