The Saturday, September 21, Edo governorship poll has left the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, in a neck-to-neck contest just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) uploads the results.
As of Saturday night, INEC had achieved a 97 percent uploading of election results onto the Results Viewing portal (iRev).
Early morning downpours had delayed the arrival of materials and polling at voting centres, but voters later turned out in large numbers.
According to a preliminary analysis of election results uploaded on the IReV, the APC candidate is leading in the Edo North Senatorial District, while the PDP candidate leads in the Edo South Senatorial District.
Edo State has a total of 18 local government areas, divided into Edo North, Edo South, and Edo Central.
Edo North has always been the APC’s stronghold, whereas the PDP has always shown strength in Edo Central and Edo South.
However, in the 2023 senatorial election in Edo Central, an APC candidate won.
The PDP and APC candidates won their polling units, while Akpata, the LP candidate, lost his polling unit.
For instance, the result shows that at Ewohimi, Unit 11, Ward 1 in Esan South-East Local Government Area of the state, where PDP Ighodalo cast his ballot, he polled 200 votes, while APC Okpebholo had 45 votes.
APC defeated its PDP counterpart at Unit 03, Ward 1, Uwessan in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state, where he (Okpebholo) cast his ballot.
Okpebholo polled 102 votes, while both Ighodalo and the Labour Party candidate, Akpata, received one vote each.
The Edo APC leader, Oshiomhole, delivered his voting unit to the APC.
The APC polled 403 votes at Iyamho Ward 10, Unit 01 in Etsako West Local Government Area, where the former governor voted, while the PDP and ADC each had one vote.
Obaseki cast his vote at Polling Unit 19, Ward 04 in the Oredo LGA, where the PDP polled 127 votes, the APC had 35 votes, and the LP got 11 votes.
Meanwhile, the LP candidate, Akpata, lost in his polling unit in Ward 6 of Oredo Local Government Area. He received only two votes, while the PDP polled 41 and the APC garnered 19.
At Wards 1, 2, 4 and 6, which had a total of 43 polling units in Igueben LG, Ighodalo led with 2,778 votes, while Okpebholo polled 2,189 votes.
In three wards in Ovia North-East LG, Okpebholo polled a total of 1,824 votes, while Ighodalo had 1,745 votes.
In six wards with a total of 60 polling units in the Ikpoba/Okha LG, Ighodalo led with 3,412 votes, followed by Okpebholo, who polled 1,232 votes.
In two wards with a total of 20 polling units in Oredo LG, Ighodalo led with 879 votes, while Okpebholo secured 538 votes.
In five wards and a total of 44 polling units in the Uhunmwode LG, Okpebholo led with 2,574 votes, but Ighodalo polled 2,172 votes.
According to 103 polling units in the Esan Central LG, the APC led with 8,132 votes, while the PDP trailed with 6,902.
From 24 polling units in Owan West, Ighodalo garnered 1,979 votes, while Okpebholo got 2,493.
In Ovia South West, the PDP got 871, while the APC had 972 from 17 polling units.
Also, from 13 polling units in Etsako East LG, Okpebholo led with 2,421 votes, followed by Ighodalo, who scored 968 votes.
Figures from five wards and 10 polling units each from Esan West LGA showed that Okpebholo polled 4,105 votes, Ighodalo had 3,264 votes, and Akpata had 41 votes.
In 151 polling units in 11 wards in the Owan West, Ighodalo led with 26,870 votes, Okpebholo got 11,211, and Akpata had 184 votes.
In five polling units in two wards in Egor LG, Ighodalo led with 385 votes, while Okpebholo had 313 votes.
As of 11pm on Saturday, the final results collation had yet to begin at the INEC State Collation Centre in Benin City.
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