By Jethro Ibileke
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released results of last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in some of the local government areas of Edo State with Peter Obi of Labour Party in clear led of other contenders.
As at the time of filing this report, results from nine LGAs have been announced, with candidate of the Labour Party (LP), winning eight with wide margins.
He is closely followed by candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who won in Owan West local government area.
The declared results are as follows:
Igueben LGA:
Registered Voters 50,557
Accredited voters 13004
APC – 2419
LP – 6449
NNPP – 64
PDP – 3530
Total valid votes – 12683
Rejected votes 321
Total vote cast 13004
Esan Central LGA:
Registered Voters – 61,373
Accredited voters – 19411
APC – 4558
LP – 10,192
PDP – 3692
NNPP 91
ZLP – 110
Esan North East LGA:
Registered Voters – 95175
Accredited voters – 24875
APC – 2589
LP -18,973
PDP – 2091
NNPP 146
ZLP – 149
Total valid votes – 24236
Rejected 629
Total votes cast – 24865
Egor LGA:
Registered Voters – 222178
Accredited voters – 49110
APC – 3978
LP – 40,160
NNPP – 298
PDP – 1766
ZLP – 547
Total valid votes – 47697
Rejected – 1413
Total votes cast – 49110
Esan South East LG
Registered Voters – 81076
Accredited voters – 20057
APC – 4675
LP – 10,511
NNPP – 61
PDP – 3961
ZLP – 73
Total valid votes – 19589
Rejected votes – 438
Total votes cast – 20027
Esan West LGA:
Registered Voters – 107861
Accredited voters – 26634
APC – 3417
LP – 18,793
NNPP – 170
PDP – 2630
ZLP – 212
Total valid votes – 25722
Rejected votes – 911
Total votes cast – 26633
Uhuwonde LGA:
Registered Voters – 88497
Accredited voters – 21295
APC – 3244
LP – 12,955
NNPP – 197
PDP – 2976
ZLP – 162
Total valid votes – 19103
Rejected votes – 817
Total votes cast – 21000
Urhionwon LGA:
Registered Voters – 129850
Accredited voters – 24895
APC – 6527
LP – 9049
NNPP – 121
PDP – 4668
ZLP – 110
Total valid votes – 20907
Rejected votes – 1048
Total votes cast – 21955
Owan West LGA:
Registered Voters – 68474
Accredited voters – 22431
APC – 9322
LP – 6112
NNPP – 27
PDP – 6026
ZLP – 61
Total valid votes – 21779
Rejected votes – 652
Total votes cast – 22431
Collation of the remaining nine local government areas is ongoing.
