Tinubu polls 201,494 votes to win in Ekiti
The Independent National Electoral Commission Ekiti State Collation Officer for Saturday’s presidential poll in the state, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, on Sunday, announced the final result of the election in the state.
Lasisi, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, spoke at the State Collation Centre in Ado Ekiti, shortly after collating the results for the presidential election from the 16 local government areas as presented by the Local Government Collation Officers for the different councils.
The results showed that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, trounced other contenders in the election in Ekiti State.
Lasisi, who said that the APC scored a total of 201,494 votes across the state to defeat other candidates, disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party scored 89,554 votes while Labour Party garnered 11,397 votes just as New Nigerian Peoples Party got 264 votes in the state.
He said, “Ekiti has a total of 988,923 registered voters, out of this, the number of accredited voters is 315,058. Total valid votes were 308,171, the number of rejected votes 6,301 and total votes cast was 314,470. This is the final result of the presidential election in Ekiti State”.
Below are the results of the different council areas as presented by the respective LG collation officers.
Ilejemeje LG
APC 4599
LP 97
PDP 2662
VALID 7412
ISE/ORUN LG
APC 11,415
LP 497
PDP 2734
VALID 14,856
EFON LG
APC 5873
LP 125
PDP 2521
VALID 8657
GBONYIN LG
APC 11969
LP 245
PDP 4178
VALID 16591
EMURE LG
APC 8159
LP 465
PDP 3035
VALID 11858
IREPODUN/IFELODUN LG
APC 14265
LP 544
PDP 5516
VALID 20717
IKERE LG
APC 11659
LP 910
PDP 7198
VALID 20044
IJERO LG
LP 373
PDP 5731
VALID 19,314
IDO/OSI LG
APC 11917
LP 782
PDP 7476
VALID 20435
EKITI WEST LG
APC 14516
LP 391
PDP 4318
VALID 19758
MOBA LG
APC 12046
LP 246
PDP 5847
VALID 18235
IKOLE LG
APC 15465
LP 779
PDP 10,198
VALID 26,962
EKITI EAST LG
APC 12,435
LP 375
PDP 7782
VALID 20772
OYE LG
APC 14472
LP 643
PDP 7143
VALID 22742
EKITI SOUTH WEST LG
APC 11334
LP 440
PDP 5047
VALID 17045
ADO LG
APC 28751
LP 4,485
PDP 8168
VALID 42,773