All is set for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to announce the official winner of yesterday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
Already, results from all the polling units in the state’s 18 Local Government Areas have been announced by the electoral body.
Even as at 11 pm on Saturday, INEC had uploaded about 98% of the results on the iReV portal.
Altogether, 17 candidates participated in the election.
The updates of the results given today by the electoral body show that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress who is also the incumbent Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa, cleared the state’s 18 local government areas.
According to the results, Aiyedatiwa won in all the state’s 18 Local Governments with a wide margin. He was trailed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who is also a former Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi.
INEC collated the results at at its state head office in Akure, the state capital under the leadership of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola.
Following is the results; breakdown:
1. Ifedore Local Government
– Registered voters: 83, 831
– Accredited voters:21024
– APC: 14,157
– LP: 42
– PDP: 5,897
– Total valid votes: 20,438
– Rejected votes: 560
– Total votes cast: 20,998
2. Ondo East Local Government
– Registered voters: 52,274
– Accredited voters: 11,864
– APC: 8,163
– LP: 31
– PDP: 2,843
– Total valid votes: 11,544
– Rejected votes: 308
– Total votes cast: 11,852
3. Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government
– Registered voters: 81,954
– Accredited voters: 22,256
– APC: 16,600
– LP:
– PDP: 4,442
– Total valid votes: 21,454
– Rejected votes: 541
– Total votes cast: 21,995
4. Idanre Local Government
– Registered voters: 91,392
– Accredited voters: 19,712
– APC: 9,114
– LP: 24
– PDP: 8,940
– Total valid votes: 18,430
– Rejected votes: 748
– Total votes cast: 19,178
PDP agent disputed the election results for Idanre LG, noting that there was not election at a polling unit. He also cited cases of ballot snatching for his rejection of the result.
5. Irele Local Government
– Registered voters: 78,982
– Accredited voters: 24,772
– APC: 17,117
– LP: 15
– PDP: 6,601
– Total valid votes: 24,031
– Rejected votes: 718
– Total votes cast: 24,749
6.Akoko Southwest Local Government
– Registered voters: 116,368
– Accredited voters: 36,300
– APC: 29,700
– LP:
– PDP: 5,517
– Total valid votes: 35,700
– Rejected votes: 525
– Total votes cast: 36,225
7. Owo Local Government
– Registered voters: 143,751
– Accredited voters: 38,340
– APC: 31,914
– LP: 42
– PDP: 4,740
– Total valid votes: 37,334
– Rejected votes: 983
– Total votes cast: 38,317
8. Ondo West Local Government
– Registered voters: 190,666
– Accredited voters: 31,418
– APC: 20,755
– LP: 181
– PDP: 6,387
– Total valid votes: 30,238
– Rejected votes: 1144
– Total votes cast: 31,382
9. Akoko Southeast Local Government
– Registered voters: 41,978
– Accredited voters: 15,150
– APC: 12,140
– LP:
– PDP: 2,692
– Total valid votes: 14,998
– Rejected votes: 160
– Total votes cast: 15,148
10. Akoko Northwest Local Government
– Registered voters: 84,908
– Accredited voters: 31,263
– APC: 25,010
– LP: 23
– PDP: 5,502
– Total valid votes: 30,805
– Rejected votes: 309
– Total votes cast: 31,114
11. Ose Local Government
– Registered voters: 78,307
– Accredited voters: 21,661
– APC: 16,555
– LP: 06
– PDP: 4472
– Total valid votes: 21,265
– Rejected votes: 342
– Total votes cast: 21,607
12. Akure South Local Government
– Registered voters: 314,709
– Accredited voters:54,670
– APC: 32,969
– LP: 238
– PDP: 17,926
– Total valid votes: 52,991
– Rejected votes: 1651
– Total votes cast: 54,642
13. Akoko Northeast Local Government
– Registered voters: 93,285
– Accredited voters: 31,734
– APC: 25,657
– LP: 14
– PDP: 5,072
– Total valid votes: 31,182
– Rejected votes: 515
– Total votes cast: 31,697
The state collation officer has announced a recess. The collation of the results will resume at 5 am.
The collation of results resume at 5:15 am with the state collation officer explaining results from only two out of the five LGs remaining will be announced.
14. Okitipupa Local Government
– Registered voters: 126,021
– Accredited voters: 38,814
– APC: 26,811
– LP: 27
– PDP: 10,233
– Total valid votes: 37,597
– Rejected votes: 858
– Total votes cast: 38,455
The collation officer for Okitipupa said there was a case of overeating at RA10 PU 001 but no agents objected to the results he presented.
15. Akure North Local Government
– Registered voters: 87,293
– Accredited voters: 21,608
– APC: 14,451
– LP: 238
– PDP: 5,787
– Total valid votes: 20,942
– Rejected votes: 648
– Total votes cast: 21,590
The announcement of results from the remaining three local governments has been postponed to 12 pm.
INEC is set to resume collating results from the remaining three local governments—Ilaje, Ese Odo, and Odigbo—after a more than seven-hour break. The collation officer for Ese Odo has yet to arrive at the INEC state office at 12:35 pm.
The sitting governor and candidate of the APC won in all the 15 LGs already announced.
16. Odigbo Local Government
– Registered voters: 154, 382
– Accredited voters: 38, 163
– APC: 26, 683
– LP: 34
– PDP: 9,348
– Total valid votes: 36,995
– Rejected votes: 1166
– Total votes cast: 38,161
17. Ilaje Local Government
– Registered voters: 146,146
– Accredited voters: 29,131
– APC: 24,474
– LP: 176
– PDP: 3,632
– Total valid votes: 28,592
– Rejected votes: 293
– Total votes cast: 28,885
18. Ese Odo Local Government
– Registered voters: 84,888
– Accredited voters: 22,975
– APC: 14,511
– LP: 45
– PDP: 7,814
– Total valid votes: 22,551
– Rejected votes: 417
– Total votes cast: 22,968
- – Total valid votes: 22,551
– Rejected votes: 417
– Total votes cast: 22,968
