The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has been announced the winner of the presidential elections which took place in Ekiti State.
The collation officer for the state, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, who’s also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, made the declaration of final result of the state on Sunday, February 26, 2023.
Tinubu had 201,494 votes across the state.
Lasisi, made this declaration at the State Collation Centre in Ado Ekiti, following the collation of results for the presidential election from the 16 local government areas as presented by the Local Government Collation Officers for the different councils.
Lasisi revealed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar had 89,554 votes; the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP had 11,397 votes and while the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso got 264 votes in the state.
He said, “Ekiti has a total of 988,923 registered voters, out of this, the number of accredited voters is 315,058. The total valid votes were 308,171, the number of rejected votes 6,301 and total votes cast was 314,470. This is the final result of the presidential election in Ekiti State.”
See the results below:
Ilejemeje LG:
APC 4599
LP 97
PDP 2662
VALID 7412
ISE/ORUN LG:
APC 11,415
LP 497
PDP 2734
VALID 14,856
EFON LG:
APC 5873
LP 125
PDP 2521
VALID 8657
GBONYIN LG:
APC 11969
LP 245
PDP 4178
VALID 16591
EMURE LG:
APC 8159
LP 465
PDP 3035
VALID 11858
IREPODUN/IFELODUN LG:
APC 14265
LP 544
PDP 5516
VALID 20717
IKERE LG:
APC 11659
LP 910
PDP 7198
VALID 20044
IJERO LG:
APC 12628
LP 373
PDP 5731
VALID 19,314
IDO/OSI LG:
APC 11917
LP 782
PDP 7476
VALID 20435
EKITI WEST LG:
APC 14516
LP 391
PDP 4318
VALID 19758
MOBA LG:
APC 12046
LP 246
PDP 5847
VALID 18235
IKOLE LG:
APC 15465
LP 779
PDP 10,198
VALID 26,962
EKITI EAST LG:
APC 12,435
LP 375
PDP 7782
VALID 20772
OYE LG:
APC 14472
LP 643
PDP 7143
VALID 22742
EKITI SOUTH WEST LG:
APC 11334
LP 440
PDP 5047
VALID 17045
ADO LG:
APC 28751
LP 4,485
PDP 8168
VALID 42,773