Tinubu Wins in Ekiti With 201,494 Votes,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared results of the Saturday’s presidential election in Ekiti state.
The Chief collation officer for the election, Professor Akeem Lasisi who declared the results on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital said the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu won the state with 201,494 votes representing sixty five percent of total valid votes cast.
The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar polled 89,554 votes representing twenty nine percent, while the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi scored 11,397 votes(four percent) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso got 264 votes.
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Lasisi who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State said , “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.”
Below is the local government areas breakdown of the results;
1: ILEJEMEJE LGA
APC– 4,599
LP -97
PDP- 2662
NNPP- 3
2: ISE/ORUN LGA
APC– 11,415
LP- 497
PDP- 2,734
NNPP- 10
3: EFON LGA
APC-5’873
LP- 125
PDP- 2,521
NNPP-3
4: GBONYIN LGA
APC-. 11,969
LP-245
PDP-4,178
NNPP-11
5: EMURE LGA
APC-8,159
LP-465
NNPP-14
PDP- 3035
6: IREPODUN/ IFELODUN LGA
APC-14,265
LP- 544
PDP-5,516
NNPP-24.
7: IKERE LGA
APC-11,659
LP- 910
NNPP- 24
PDP- 7,198
8: IJERO LGA
APC- 12, 628
LP- 373
NNPP- 6
PDP- 5, 731
9 : IDO/OSI LGA
APC- 11, 917
LP- 782
NNPP- 14
PDP- 7, 476
10 : EKITI WEST LGA
APC- 14, 516
LP- 391
NNPP- 10
PDP- 4, 318
11: MOBA LGA
APC- 12, 046
LP- 246
NNPP- 11
PDP- 5, 847
12 : IKOLE LGA
APC- 15, 465
LP- 779
NNPP- 11
PDP- 10, 198
13 : EKITI East LGA
APC- 12, 435
LP- 375
NNPP- 7
PDP- 7, 782
14 : OYE LGA
APC- 14, 472
LP- 643
NNPP- 20
PDP- 7, 143
15 : EKITI SOUTH WEST LGA
APC- 11, 334
LP- 440
NNPP- 9
PDP- 5047
16 : ADO LGA
APC- 28, 751
LP- 4, 485
NNPP- 87
PDP- 8, 168