BREAKING: Godwin Obaseki wins Edo election (photos)
Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the governor-elect of Edo state, following the conclusion of electoral proceedings.
Nineteen candidates vied for the ticket to the Government House, however, the main contest was seen between Godwin Obaseki of the APC and Andrew Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party of the PDP.
There was a heightened sense of suspense in Benin, even as the final analysis of collations for the Edo election was ongoing.
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After collation from 17 local governments, a final report from Ovia South West showed that the APC had 12,820 votes while the PDP had 8810, bringing the sum total of votes to 319,483 and 253,173 respectively.
According to statistics, the All Progressives Congress comes up top with a difference of 66,310 votes, however, some analysts raised fears that the election might take a new dimension if the number of votes rejected across the LGAs becomes a thing to take into consideration.
Legit.ng team has been on ground in Benin to bring minute-by-minute reports regarding the election results.
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In a final announcement by Professor Kayode Soremekun the returning officer, the APC had 319,483 while the PDP had 253,173.
Professor Soremekun further informed that the total valid votes was 582,299, with total votes cast at 613,244 and rejected votes at 30,945.
The ruling party wins in Edo state!
Analysis from the graph above shows that with the situation within 17 out of 18 LGAs announced, Obaseki will eventually come tops, even if he get '0' in Ovia South-West, which is not theoretically possible, as the gap is already 62,300 votes.
The official report by INEC is still awaited, and will be announced shortly.
With one more local government to go, APC has 306, 663 while PDP has 244363.
Akoko Edo
APC 24,545
PDP 13,027
Results for 16 local governments have been announced, with the APC amassing a total of 282,118 votes while PDP got 231,336 votes.
Ikpoba-Okah
APC 33,469
PDP 26,096
Registered Voters: 260,965
Accredited Voters: 65,348
With the reports from Etsako West the APC now has 248,649 while PDP has 205,240 votes, the two parties separated by 43,409.
Etsako West
APC 29,199
PDP 10,843
Following reports from 14 local governments, APC has 219,450 votes while PDP has 194,397. There are 4 more local governments to go.
Etsako East
APC 18,078
PDP 12,552
Total Valid Votes: 30,858
Total Votes Cast: 31,914
Rej Votes: 1,056
After 13 local governments, the APC has come up with 201,372 votes, while PDP came up with 181,845.
Esan Central
APC 9,781
PDP 10,180
Total Valid Votes: 20,211
Total Votes Cast: 21,364
R- Votes: 1,153
After 12 local governments, APC has 191,591 votes while PDP has 171, 665
Etsako Central
APC 10,373
PDP 8,827
Total Valid Votes: 19,538
Total Votes Cast: 19,907
R-Votes 549
Owan East
APC 21,233
PDP 12,889
Out of 10 local governments, APC has 159,985 votes while PDP has 149,949 votes
Ovia North East
APC 17,561
PDP 13,141
Out of the 18 LGA's INEC announces 9 results, 9 more to go. Proceedings continue.
Police disperse protesters angry over the results obtained from Oredo local government.
Some aggrieved party members are reportedly protesting at the INEC office in Edo state.
A one hour break has been proposed by the chief returning officer. The announcement of results to be continued at noon.
Out of 9 local governments we have APC - 142,424 and PDP is 136, 808
Results for Esan West is as follows:
APC 13,114
PDP 16,311
Esan West is next.
After 8 local governments, APC has a total of 129,310 votes while the PDP has 120,497 votes.
Orhiomwon
APC 15,262
PDP 16,446
Calls for cancellation of election results in Oredo stirs debate
Commotion takes the room following some arguments about votes that were cancelled.
Sirens blaring in the background, security is at its most heightened state, some more local governments are yet to arrive.
After 7 local government, the results stands at 114,048 for APC and 104,051 for PDP
Oredo local government area is next.
APC 37,612
PDP 30,492
Total Valid Votes: 69,401
Total Votes Cast: 73,712
6 / 18 LGAs announced
APC - 76,436
PDP - 73,559
10:02am Colation officer for Esan South East takes the floor
APC 9,554
PDP 11,466
Registered voters: 66,698
Accredited voters: 22,522
After the first 5 results..... APC - 66,882, PDP - 62,093
Uhunmwonde
APC 10,911
PDP 8,667
Accredited Voters: 21,927
Igueben
APC 7,802
PDP 7,560
Total Valid Votes: 15,506
Total Vote Cast: 16,086
Egor LGA
APC 26,177
PDP 19,514
Registered Voters: 184,296
Accredited Voters: 49,802
9:35 Questions raised over cancelled vote
Esan North East
APC 9,130
PDP 16,220
Total Valid Votes: 25,747
Total Vote Cast: 26,944
Colation officer for Esan North East takes the stage
Owan West:
APC 12,862
PDP 10,132
Registered Voters: 54,406
Accredited Voters: 24,487
Official from Owan West LGA kick starts the announcement process.
9:08am: INEC begins proceedings to announce the election results.
The voting in Edo state was concluded on Wednesday, September 28, with many going all out to support their preferred candidates.
Following conclusion of voting on Wednesday, INEC has said that there are no results yet, informing that collation of results for the governorship election would begin today, September 29.
It was gathered that the decision to commence the collation today is in connection with the late arrival of results from the 18 local government areas.
The Edo election has been tagged two horse race between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), though nineteen candidates are vying for the ticket to the Government House.
Edo state has a total of 1,925,105 registered voters; 192 Registration Areas (RAs); 2,627 Polling Units (PUs); and 4,011 Voting Points (VPs).
Shortly after conclusion of elections in all parts of Edo state, some unofficial results began to trickle in, with the PDP taking an initial lead, and the APC taking over somewhere midway.
Reports suggested that after collation of 727 Polling Units out of 2,672 Units in Edo state, APC has a total of 69,196 votes while PDP has 75,088 votes; with over 13,000 rendered invalid.
A total of 25,000 police officers were deployed across the state to ensure peace and security during the polls, while 44 observer groups were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as election monitors.
Source: Legit.ng
