Out of the eighteen local government areas that comprised the Edo State gubernatorial election in September 2024, seventeen have been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC.
This was revealed at the current collation center in Benin City by the state returning officer for the Edo 2024 governorship election, Prof. Faruk Adamu of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 195,954 votes overall out of the 16 local governments that have been declared thus far, while the All Progressive Congress (APC) received 244,549 votes.
The results of two local governments are still anticipated, according to the INEC state returning officer, and the collation center has been placed on hold with plans to resume by 5:00 p.m. today.
Nonetheless, Ikpoba Okha and Oredo local governments are the two that have not yet been revealed.
The results that have been released thus far have been criticized by other parties, most notably the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for being a distorted representation of the actual results of the polls.
The APC said that the election was the most free in the state to date and that it represented the views of the people through its state chairman, Jarret Tenebe, who disagreed with the PDP position.
The 16 local government and ward results announced so far.
Oredo LGA
APC- 30,780
PDP- 24,928
Owan West LGA 11 Wards:
APC- 12,277 Votes
PDP 11,284 Votes
LP 201 Votes
Uhunmwonde LGA 10 wards
APC- 8,776
LP- 769
PDP- 9,339
Esan West LGA 10 wards
APC- 12, 952
LP- 342
APC- 13, 225
LP- 1, 675
PDP- 15, 311
Orhionmwon LGA 12 wards
APC- 16, 059
LP- 5, 56
PDP- 14, 189
Igueben LGA 10 wards
APC- 5, 907
LP- 4, 97
PDP- 8, 470
Esan South East LGA 10 wards
APC- 8, 398
LP- 98.
PDP- 14, 199
Egor LGA 10 wards
APC- 16, 760
LP- 1, 966
PDP- 14, 658
APC- 34, 847
LP- 2, 239
PDD 15, 865
Esan Central LGA 10 wards
APC- 10, 990
LP- 418
PDP- 8, 618
Esan North East LGA 11 Wards
APC- 10, 648
LP- 194
PDP- 12, 522
Ovia South West LGA 10 wards
APC- 10, 150
LP- 849
PDP- 10, 260
Etsako East LG 10 wards
APC – 20, 167
LP- 604
PDP- 9, 683
APC- 11, 106
LP- 381
PDP- 8, 455
Etsako West LGA 12 wards
APC- 32, 107
LP. 2, 116
PDP- 17, 483
APC- 19, 380
LP- 446
PDP- 14, 189
