Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been declare winner of the Anambra state governorship election, which held on November 18 as he recorded a landside.
It was a sweeping victory for the incumbent governor who won majority votes cast in the 21 local government areas of the state, including Dunukofia and Anaocha local government areas, home of the APC candidate, Tony Nwoye and Oseloka Obaze of the PDP, respectively.
Obiano won the election with 234,071 votes, while his closest rival, Tony Nwoye of the APC polled 98, 752 votes, while the PDP candidate, Oseloka Obaze who came distant third with 70,293 votes.
The voting figures, as announced by the returning officer and the Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar, Prof Zana Akpagu, showed that out of the 2,064,134 registered voters in the state, 457,311 were accredited for the election, of which 448,771 voted, with 422,314 votes validated and 26,457 votes rejected.
Thirty-seven candidates had contested the election.
The returning officer, Prof. Zana Akpagu, while declaring Obiano winner of the election, said: “That Willie Obiano of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law by scoring the highest number of votes, is elected and is declared winner.”
“…. He is therefore declared returned and elected.
See the full result here:
1. Njikoka LGA:
APC—5,756
APGA—16,944
PDP—3,477
UPP—108
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2. Dunukofia LGA:
APC—7016
APGA—8,575
PDP—1,530
UPP—106
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3. Awka South:
APC—6,167
APGA—18,957
PDP—5,354
UPP—150
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4. Ayamelum:
APC—5,412
APGA—14,593
PDP—2,323
UPP—77
* The Returning Officer for Ayamelum LGA reported security issues and ballot snatching cases.
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5. Anaocha
APC—5,297
APGA—11,237
PDP—6,554
UPP—146
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6. Orumba South
APC—3808
APGA—8125
PDP—2412
UPP—465
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7. Ekwusigo
APC—5412
APGA—8595
PDP—3856
UPP—320
* The Returning Officer for Ekwusigo LGA reported issues of over voting in four wards.
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8. Aguata
APC—5807
APGA—13167
PDP—4073
UPP—280
* The Returning Officer for Aguata LGA reported irregularities in four polling units which led to cancellation of votes.
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9. Onitsha North
APC—3808
APGA—10,138
PDP—4143
UPP—435
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APC—3415
APGA—6615
PDP—4416
UPP—59
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Officials have returned from a break and announcement of results has continued.
11. Idemili South
APC—4,063
APGA—5,742
PDP—2,629
UPP—600
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12. Oyi
APC—5,085
APGA—11,840
PDP—1296
UPP—111
* The Returning Officer for Oyi LGA reported issues of ballot snatching and malfunction of card readers.
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13. Orumba North
APC—3551
APGA—8766
PDP—3865
UPP—190
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14. Awka North
APC—3727
APGA—7162
PDP—3347
UPP—92
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15. Onitsha South
APC—2012
APGA—7082
PDP—3423
UPP—471
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16. Ihiala
APC—7894
APGA—14379
PDP—4706
UPP—128
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17. Anambra East
APC—5248
APGA—20510
PDP—1132
UPP—53
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18. Anambra West
APC—4261
APGA—8152
PDP—1578
UPP—207
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19. Nnewi South
APC—2765
APGA—10465
PDP—3255
UPP—596
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20. Idemili North
APC—4632
APGA—12180
PDP—2767
UPP—2847
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21. Nnewi North
APC—3616
APGA—10845
PDP—4157
UPP—5
