INEC Declares Soludo Winner Of Anambra Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Professor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance as the winner of the November 6th Governorship Election in Anambra State.
The Returning Officer for 2021 Anambra governorship election, Florence Obi, announced this in the early hours of Wednesday at INEC headquarters, Awka.
Declaring the result, Professor Obi said the APGA candidate polled a total of 112, 229 votes to defeat his closest rival and the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP who polled 53,807 votes.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Andy Uba came a distant third with 43,285 votes.
Recall that INEC suspended collation of results late Sunday night and declared the exercise inconclusive following non-conduct of election in Ihiala Local Government Area.The commission, however, fixed Tuesday November 9 for supplementary election in Ihiala.
See the full result below..
2,466,638 – Total Registered Voters
253,388 – Total Accredited Voters
A – 2054
AA- 83
AAC – 588
ADC – 324
ADP -773
APC – 43,285
APGA -112,229
APM – 301
APP – 139
BP – 186
LP – 2802
NNPP -117
NPRM -213
PDP – 53807
PRP – 437
SDP – 842
YPP – 21261
ZLP – 2082
Total Valid Vote – 241,523
Rejected Votes – 8,108
Total Vote Cast 249,631