The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 98.58 percent of Edo State governorship election results to the Result Viewing Portal(IRev).
INEC has so far uploaded results from 4,455 polling stations out of 4,519 total units in the state.
Residents of the state are awaiting the full results of the Saturday’s governorship election, which has People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Asue Ighodalo and All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Monday Okpebholo in a tight race.
Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata is training the two candidates so far.
The APC candidate has won Egor Local Government Area with 16,716 votes, as against PDP candidate’s 14, 658 and LP’s 1,966 votes. Other results are still being awaited at press time.
Results by LGA
Ovia Southwest LGA
APC – 10,150
LP – 849
PDP – 10,260
Total valid votes – 21,710
Rejected votes – 1,086
Total votes cast – 22,796
Esan Northeast LGA
APC – 10,648
LP – 194
PDP – 12,522
Total valid votes – 23,637
Rejected votes – 674
Total votes cast – 24,311
Esan Central LGA
APC – 10,990
LP: – 418
PDP – 8,618
Total valid votes – 20,198
Rejected votes – 361
Total votes cast – 20,559
Akoko-Edo LGA
APC – 34,847
LP – 2,239
PDP – 15,865
Total valid votes – 53,547
Rejected votes – 331
Total votes cast – 53,878
Egor LGA,
APC – 16,760
LP – 1,966
PDP – 14,658
Total valid votes – 34,022
Rejected votes – 1,018
Total votes cast – 35,040
Esan Southeast LGA
APC – 8,398
LP – 98
PDP – 14,199
Total valid votes – 22,780
Rejected votes – 356
Total votes cast – 23,136
Ovia Northeast LGA
APC – 13,225
PDP – 15,311
LP – 1,675
Registered voters – 177,106
Accredited voters – 32,441
Total valid votes – 30,783
Rejected votes – 1312
Total votes cast – 32,095
Uhunmwonde LGA
APC – 8,776
PDP – 9,339
LP – 767
Total valid votes – 199,223
Rejected votes – 553
Total votes cast – 199,776
Owan West LGA
APC – 12,277
LP – 201
PDP – 11,284
Total valid votes – 23,904
Rejected votes – 391
Total votes cast – 24,295
Igbueben LGA
APC – 5,907
LP – 494
PDP – 8,470
Registered voters: 54549
Accredited voters: 15,274
Total valid votes: 14,989
Rejected votes: 278
Total votes cast: 15,267
