Oyebanji has assumed as early lead as shown by the results announced so far.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Ekiti governorship election, Biodun Oyebanji, has jumped into an early lead as results begin to trickle from the collation centre.
Ekiti went to polls today, June 18 2022, to elect a governor that will take over from the administration Governor of Kayode Fayemi.
The poll, which was contested in 16 local governments across the state, has the APC candidate as one of the favourites to win the race.
The two other leading candidates are a former Governor, Segun Oni and Bisi Kolawole of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 16 candidates and parties entered the contest to jostle for 988,923 registered voters spread across 2,445 Polling Units (PUs) in 177 Registration Areas of the state.
Meanwhile, Oyebanji has so far won in nine out of the 10 local government announced with PDP candidate taking the remaining one local government.
The APC candidate polled a total of 111,728 votes across all the 10 LGs with Oni of the SDP trailing in second place with 45,175, while PDP’s Kolawole polled 40,594 votes so far.
Ijero LGA
AAC – 32
ADC- 96
ADP- 201
APC- 13,754
APDA- 33
APM- 16
APP- 82
LP- 16
NNPP- 48
NRN- 17
PDP- 4,897
PRP- 87
SDP- 5,006
YPP- 59
ZLP- 18
Emure LGA
A-4
AAC-15
ADC-81
ADP-92
APC 7,728
APGA – 14
APM-16
APP-70
LP-13
NNPP-13
NRN-19
PDP 2,610
PRP-24
SDP 3,445
YPP-41
ZLP-12
Ekiti South-West LGA
A- 3
AAC – 22
ADC – 100
ADP – 195
APC – 9,679
APGA – 24
APM – 10
APP – 170
LP – 14
NNPP – 30
NRN – 33
PDP – 4,474
PRP – 43
SDP – 4,577
YPP – 41
ZLP – 26
Ise/Orun LGA
APC- 8,074
SDP- 5,909
PDP- 2,588
NNPP- 58
LP- 07
Ido-Osi LGA
APC- 10,321
SDP- 9,489
PDP- 2,871
Oye LGA
APC – 13,396
SDP – 5,391
PDP – 4122
IKOLE LGA
APC- 16,417
PDP- 6,266
SDP- 5,736
Ekiti West LGA
APC 15322
SDP 3863
PDP 3,386
LP 05
IREPODUN/IFELODUN LGA
APC: 13,125
PDP: 4712
SDP: 5010
LP: 9
NNPP: 29
Gbonyin LG
APC 11247
SDP 4,059
PDP 3947
Efon LGA
APC-4012
LP-09
PDP-6303
SDP-339
Ikere LGA
APC 12,086
PDP -3,789
SDP- 1934
More results will be publish as they are declared by INEC
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