BEVERLY HILLS, July 14, (THEWILL) – Below are the results of the Ekiti State Governorship election as formally declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at its secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti capital early Sunday morning local time.
As previously projected by THEWILL, the election was a 2-way race between a former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Professor Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who is also the current Deputy Governor of the state.
35 political parties participated in the election across 2,195 polling units in 16 local government areas.
THEWILL will update the results by the minute as announced by INEC until all the results are declared.
The official results are as follows:
IREPODUN/IFELODUN LGA
- APC – 13, 869
- PDP – 11, 456
ILEJEMEJE LGA
- APC – 4, 153
- PDP – 3, 930
IDO-OSI LGA
- APC – 12, 342
- PDP – 11, 145
OYE LGA
- APC – 14, 999
- PDP – 11, 271
EFON LGA
- APC – 5, 028
- PDP – 5, 192
MOBA LGA
- APC – 11, 837
- PDP – 8, 520
IJERO LGA
- APC – 14, 192
- PDP – 11, 077
GBONYIN LGA
- APC – 11, 498
- PDP – 8, 027
EMURE LGA
- APC – 7, 048
- PDP – 7, 121
IKERE LGA
- APC – 11, 515
- PDP – 17, 183
EKITI WEST LGA
- APC – 12, 648
- PDP – 10, 137
IKOLE LGA
- APC – 14, 522
- PDP – 13, 961
ISE/ORUN LGA
- APC – 11, 908
- PDP – 6, 290
EKITI EAST LGA
- APC – 12, 778
- PDP – 11, 564
EKITI SOUTH WEST LGA
- APC – 11, 015
- PDP – 8, 423
ADO-EKITI LGA
- APC – 28, 111
- PDP – 32, 810