BENIN-CITY/Nigeria: The long awaited Edo State Governorship Election that fever pitch had finally been declared closed as Godwin Obaseki of People’s Democratic Party has been declared the winner of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC with a margin of 84, 339 to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
In the declared result from the 18 local governments of the state, Obaseki polled a total of 307, 955 votes to defeat All Progressives Congress’s Osagie Ize-Iyamu who got 223, 619 votes.
The PDP candidate won with Obaseki won 13 of 18 local governments in Edo State while Ize-Iyamu won in 5 local governments.
Below are the results by local government:
Igueben LG: APC 5199, PDP 7870
Oredo LG: APC 18,365, PDP 43,498
Esan North East LG: APC 6,556, PDP 13,579
Esan West LG: APC 7,189, PDP 17,434
Etsako West LG: APC 26,140, PDP 17,959
Esan Central LG: APC 6,719, PDP 10,694
Ikpoba Okha LG: APC 18,218, PDP 41,030
Egor LG: APC 10,202, PDP 27,621
Uhunmwonde LG: APC 5,972, PDP 10,022
Owan East LG: APC 19,295, PDP 14,762
Owan West LG: APC 11,193, PDP 11,485
Ovia North East LG: APC 9,907, PDP 16,987
Esan South-East LG: APC 9,237, PDP 10,563
Akoko Edo LG: APC 22,963, PDP 20,101
Etsako East LG: APC 17,011, PDP 10,668
Etsako Central LG: APC 8,358, PDP 7,478
Orhionmwon LG: APC 10,458, PDP 13,445
Ovia South West LG: APC 10,636, PDP 12,659
