The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has released detailed results of the just concluded Anambra Governorship election that led to Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, winning the election, as well as how each political party fared in the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Soludo of the state’s ruling party the winner of the election on Wednesday morning.
Mr Soludo recorded a landslide victory in Ihiala LGA supplementary election, yesterday, to extend his lead over his opponents.
Although he polled 103,946 votes and won 18 of the 20 local councils election results announced on Sunday night, the INEC declared the poll inconclusive early Monday morning and did not return him as winner.
His 52,624 votes margin of lead over the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, who scored 51,322 votes, is lower than the 148,407 registered voters in Ihiala LGA where the election was not conducted on Saturday.
So, the electoral commission scheduled the supplementary poll in Ihiala, yesterday, which Soludo won in style, recording a landslide victory.
The poll was peaceful. At press time last night, he was yet to be officially declared by the INEC.
Although, election officials did not arrive most of the 326 polling units of Ihiala on time, accreditation of voters with Bimodal Verification Accreditation System, BVAS, was smooth and markedly different from what happened in many polling stations on Saturday.
The returning officer for the election who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi made the announcement shortly after concluding the supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area which took place on Tuesday.
The Governor-elect defeated Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that came second in the election and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress, APC that emerged third in the exercise.
Below are details of the results as announced by INEC, including the standing of all political parties in the election.
Registered voters: 2,466,638
Accredited Voters: 253,388
Total Votes cast: 249,631
Rejected Votes: 8,108
Valid Votes: 241,523
Here is the breakdown of the scores according to the returning officer.
ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP POLL RESULT
Party Candidate Score
Accord – Godwin Maduka -2,054
AA – Etiaba Chukwuogo -83
AAC – Nwankwo Chidozie -588
ADC – Akachukwu Nwankpo- 324
ADP -Afam Ume-Ezeoke- 773
APC – Andy Uba – 43,283
APGA – Chukwuma Soludo – 112,229 (WINNER)
APP – Azubuike Echetebu – 139
APM – Onyejegbu Okwudili – 301
BP -Chika Okeke -186
LP – Emmanuel Agbasimalo – 2,802
NNPP – Ohajimkpo Emeka – 117
NRM- Ezenwafor Victor- 213
PDP – Valentine Ozigbo – 53,807
PRP- Nnamdi Nwawuo – 437
SDP – Obinna Uzor – 842
YPP – Ifeanyi Ubah – 21,261
ZLP- Obiora Okonkwo – 2,082
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