The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared inconclusive the House of Assembly election into Orhionmwon Constituency in Edo State.
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mike Igini, who spoke on the matter yesterday in Benin, the state capital, said a rescheduled poll would hold next Saturday (April 18) in the constituency.
Candidates for the poll are: Friday Ogierhiakhi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Roland Asoro of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Igini said the commission resorted to a rescheduled poll because election did not hold in many polling units.
The REC said the actual winner of the poll could only be determined after the completion of outstanding poll.
He noted that the margin of win by the leading candidate was far less than the number of people who had not voted.
Igini said 4,813 voters in 12 units of four Registration Areas were qualified to vote in the rescheduled election.
He said: “We are now at appraisal and retrieval level. We are in the process of documentation and review of our performance. There were challenges, but we achieved more successes than challenges.”
The APC has won 20 seats while the PDP won three seats.