The governorship election in Edo State is proving to be a keenly fought contest between Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, official results so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, show.
With the results from nineĀ out of 18 local governments already announced at the collation center in Benin, the state capital by INEC, APCās Obaseki is leading with 142,424 votes, closely followed by Ize-Iyamu, with 136,808 votes.
The results announced before INEC called for a break till 12 noon showed that Obaseki carried the day in Owan West, Egor, Igueben, Uhunmwode and Oredo LGAs, while Ize-Iyamu won inĀ Orhionmwon,Ā Esan South East, Esan West and Esan North East LGAs.
A breakdown of the votes scored by each candidate in the aforementioned local government areas as officially announced by INEC are as follows:
LGA: Owan West
Number of registered voters: 54,406
Number of accredited voters: 24,487
APC: 12,862
PDP: 10,132
Total votes cast: 23,290
Rejected votes: 1,002
LGA: Esan North East
Number of registered voters: 74,293
Number of accredited voters: 27,121
APC: 9,130
PDP: 16,220
Total valid votes: 25,747
Rejected votes: 1,197
Three cancellations due to number of votes cast exceeding number of accredited voters.
LGA: Igueben
Number of registered voters: 42,655
Number of accredited voters: 16,482
APC: 7,802
PDP: 7,560
Total valid votes: 15,506
Rejected votes: 580
TwoĀ polling unitsĀ cancelled.
LGA: Uhunmwode
Number of registered voters: 62,987
Number of accredited voters: 21,927
APC: 10,911
PDP: 8,667
Total valid votes: 19,971
Rejected votes: 1,759
The results of three polling units were canceled as a result of violence and discrepancy between the number of accredited voters and total votes cast.
LGA: Esan South East
Number of registered voters: 66,695
Number of accredited voters: 22,522
APC: 9,554
PDP: 11,466
Total valid votes: 21,250
Rejected votes: 806
LGA: Oredo
Number of registered voters: 273,614
Number of accredited voters: 74,076
APC: 37,612
PDP: 30,492
Total valid votes: 69,401
Rejected votes: 4,311
LGA: Egor
Number of registered voters: 184,296
Number of accredited voters: 49,802
APC: 26,177
PDP: 19,514
Total valid votes cast: 46,728
Rejected votes: 2,811
The result of one polling unit was cancelled due to non-usage of card reader.
LGA:Ā Orhionmwon
Number of registered voters:Ā 102,921
Number of accredited voters:Ā 34,270
APC: 15,262
PDP: 16,446
Total valid votes cast: 32,213
Rejected votes: 1,788
LGA: Esan West
Number of registered voters:Ā 87,867
Number of accredited voters: 31,866
APC: 13,114
PDP: 16,311
Total valid votes cast: 29,963
Rejected votes: 1,563