The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a lead in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.
According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 22, 2024, APC won 10 Local Government Areas, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won six LGAs.
Before the announcement of a break at the collation centre in Benin, the Edo State capital, the electoral umpire had announced results from 16 Local Government Areas of the state.
Edo State has 18 Local Government Areas.
The results from two local government areas were still being expected.
The results showed that the APC has over 48,000 votes ahead of the PDP.
APC has 244,549 votes as against PDP’s 195,954.
Edo election: INEC to resume result collation at 10am
The retuning officer however announced that the collation of results will resume at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Below are the results announced by INEC:
Etsako West LG
APC: 32,107
LP: 2,116
PDP: 17,483
Etsako Central LG
APC: 11,906
LP: 381
PDP: 8,455
Etsako East LG
APC: 20,167
LP: 604
PDP: 9,683
Owan West LG
APC: 19,380
LP: 446
PDP: 14,189
Orhionmwon LG
APC: 16,059
LP: 556
PDP: 14,614
Ovia South-West LG
APC:10,150
LP: 849
PDP: 10,260
Esan North-East LG
APC: 10,648
LP: 194
PDP: 12,522
Esan Central LG
APC: 10,990
LP: 418
PDP: 8,618
Akoko Edo LG
APC: 34,847
LP: 2,239
PDP: 15,865
Egor LG
APC: 16,760
LP: 1,966
PDP: 14,658
Esan South-East LG
APC: 8,398
LP: 98
PDP: 14,199
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