The Edo election has been tagged two horse race between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) , though nineteen candidates are vying for the ticket to the Government House.
Edo state has a total of 1,925,105 registered voters; 192 Registration Areas (RAs); 2,627 Polling Units (PUs); and 4,011 Voting Points (VPs).
Following conclusion of voting on Wednesday, INEC has said that there are no results yet, informing that collation of results for the governorship election would begin today, September 29.
It was gathered that the decision to commence the collation today is in connection with the late arrival of results from the 18 local government areas.
The official report by INEC is still awaited, and sources say the results might be announced within the hour.
Etsako East
After 13 local governments , the APC has come up with
201,372 votes, while PDP came up with 181,845.
Esan Central
APC: 9781
PDP: 10180
Total Valid Votes: 20,211
Total Votes Cast: 21,364
R- Votes: 1,153
After 12 local governments , APC has 191,591 votes while PDP has 171, 665
Etsako Central
APC: 10373
PDP: 8827
Total Valid Votes: 19,538
Total Votes Cast: 19,907
R-Votes 549
Owan East
APC 21,233
PDP 12, 889
Out of 10 local governments, APC has 159,985 votes while PDP has 149,949 votes
Ovia North East
APC: 17, 561
PDP: 13, 141
Out of the 18 LGA’s INEC announces 9 results, 9 more to go. Proceedings continue.
Police disperse protesters angry over the results obtained from Oredo local government.
Some aggrieved party members are reportedly protesting at the INEC office in Edo state.
A one hour break has been proposed by the chief returning officer. The announcement of results are to be continued at noon.
Out of 9 local governments we have APC – 142,424 and PDP is 136, 808
Results for Esan West is as follows:
APC 13,114
PDP 16, 311
Esan West is next.
After 8 local governments , APC has a total of 129,310 votes while the PDP has 120,497 votes.
Orhiomwon
APC 15, 262
PDP 16, 446
After 7 local government, the results stands at 114,048 for APC and 104,051 for PDP
Oredo local government area is next.
APC 37, 612.
PDP 30, 492
Total Valid Votes: 69,401
Total Votes Cast: 73,712
6 / 18 LGAs announced
APC – 76,436
PDP – 73,559
APC 9554
PDP 11466
Registered voters 66698
Accredited voters 22522
After the first 5 results….. APC 66882 , PDP 62093
Uhunmwonde
APC: 10, 911
PDP: 8,667
Accredited Voters : 21,927
Igueben
APC: 7802
PDP: 7560
Total Valid Votes: 15,506
Total Vote Cast: 16,086
Egor LGA
APC : 26,177
PDP : 19,514
Registered Voters: 184,296
Accredited Voters: 49,802
Esan North East
APC 9130
PDP 16220
Total Valid Votes: 25,747
Total Vote Cast: 26,944
Owan West:
APC 12, 862
PDP 10, 132
Registered Voters: 54,406
Accredited Voters: 24,487
A total of 25,000 police officers were deployed across the state to ensure peace and security during the polls, while 44 observer groups were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as election monitors.
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