Election Results: Tinubu wins in Ekiti with 201,494 votes

The results of the country’s Saturday presidential election have been made public by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ekiti State.

After the collation officers from the 16 council areas presented their results one by one, Professor Akeem Lasisi, the INEC state collation officer and vice chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Ila Orangun, Osun State, announced the outcome at the state collation center in Ado-Ekiti.

According to him, the APC received 201,494 votes, the most of the 18 recognized political parties that participated in the election.

With 89,554 votes, the PDP finished in second place, followed by the Labour Party with 11,397 votes and the New Nigerian Peoples’ Party with 264 votes.

According to Professor Lasisi, 314,478 votes were cast in total, with over 6,000 being rejected.

Ekiti has 986,777 registered voters, of whom 315,058 were eligible to vote, according to the INEC State Collation Officer.

Professor Ayobami Salami, the resident electoral commissioner for INEC, commended all the participants for their assistance in ensuring the smooth operation of the election.

In the state Collation Center, each party agent gathered one copy of the result sheets and signed them all.

The results from the 16 local government areas, as released by INEC, are listed below:

ILEJEMEJE

APC- 4,599

LP-97

PDP- 2662

NNPP- 3

ISE/ORUN

APC- 11,415

LP- 497

PDP- 2,734

NNPP- 10

EFON

APC-5,873

LP- 125

PDP- 2,521

NNPP-3

GBONYIN

APC-. 11,969

LP-245

PDP-4,178

NNPP-11

EMURE

APC-8,159

LP-465

NNPP-14

PDP- 3035

AKA IREPODUN/IFELODUN

APC-14,265

LP- 544

PDP-5,516

NNPP-24

IKERE

APC-11,659

LP- 910

NNPP- 24

PDP- 7,198

IJERO

APC- 12, 628

LP- 373

NNPP- 6

PDP- 5, 731

IDO/OSI

APC- 11, 917

LP- 782

NNPP- 14

PDP- 7, 476

WEST EKITI

APC- 14, 516

LP- 391

NNPP- 10

PDP- 4,318

MOBA

APC- 12, 046

LP- 246

NNPP- 11

PDP- 5,847

IKOLE

APC- 15, 465

LP- 779

NNPP- 11

PDP- 10, 198

EKITI NORTH

APC- 12, 435

LP- 375

NNPP- 7

PDP- 7, 782

OYE

APC- 14, 472

LP- 643

NNPP- 20

PDP- 7, 143.

South-western EKITI

APC- 11, 334

LP- 440

NNPP- 9

PDP- 5047

ADO-EKITI

APC- 28, 751

LP- 4, 485

NNPP- 87

PDP- 8, 168