BREAKING: Atiku Thrashes Buhari In Edo, PDP Wins Two Senate Seats
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been declared the winner of last presidential election in Edo state.
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate polled 275,691 votes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari who scored 267,691 votes to come second.
Although Buhari won in 10 of the 18 local government areas, votes scored by Atiku, who won in eight local government areas were enough to beat the APC candidate with a margin of 7,849 votes.
The State Collation Officer, Ndowa Lale, who announced the result, said the total number of registered voters in the State was 2,150,127 while the total number of accredited voters stood at 604,915.
He said the number of valid votes was 560,711 out of the was 599,228 votes cast, and 38,517 votes were rejected.
Atiku won in Esan North East, Ovia North East, Egor, Oredo, Esan South East, Esan West, Esan Central and Ipoba-Okha local governments.
President Buhari won in Etsako West, Akoko-Edo, Igueben, Ovia South West, Etsako East, Owan East, Owan West, Esako Central, Uhumwonde and Orhionwon local government areas.
Results from the 18 local government areas are as follow:
Akoko-Edo LGA
APC 23,945
PDP 17,511
Egor LGA
APC 12,482
PDP 23,566
Etsako Central LGA
APC 11,437
PDP 9,011
Etsako East LGA
APC 16,151
PDP 16,146
Owan West LGA
APC 12,524
PDP 10,758
Esan North East LGA
APC 7,991
PDP 13,361
Owan East LGA
APC 18,678
PDP 15,221
Ovia North East LGA
APC 12,612
PDP 15,706
Ovia South West LGA
APC 11,511
PDP 9,987
Oredo LGA
APC 21,496
PDP 34,841
Esan South East LGA
APC 11,039
PDP 11,435
Esan West LGA
APC 10,596
PDP 16,013
Igueben LGA
APC 7,503
PDP 6,553
Ipoba-Okha LGA
APC 25,404
PDP 30122
Etsako West LGA
APC 31,336
PDP11,395
Esan Central LGA
APC 8,691
PDP 9,512
Uhumwonde LGA
APC 9969
PDP 9766
Orhionwon LGA
APC 15,099
PDP 13,787
Meanwhile, the senatorial candidate of the PDP in Edo South, Matthew Urhoghide, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s election.
Urhoghide, who is the incumbent Senator representing the district, scored 135,588 votes to defeat Patrick Obaghiagbon of APC. who scored 121,957 votes.
In another House of Representatives result released, PDP’s Jude Ise-Idehen scored 53,618 votes to stop the second term bid of APC’s Johnson Agbonayinma ,who polled 44,322 votes.
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