Ondo state went to the polls earlier on Saturday to elect a governor, with the incumbent, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his closest challenger, Agboola Ajayi, being the favourites. There were 16 other candidates on the ballot.
The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to announce the official results from all the 18 local governments of the state. Already, about 98% of the results have been uploaded on the iReV portal as of 11 pm on Saturday.
Ifedore Local Government
– Registered voters: 83, 831
– Accredited voters:21024
– APC: 14,157
– LP: 42
– PDP: 5,897
– Total valid votes: 20,438
– Rejected votes: 560
– Total votes cast: 20,998
Ondo East Local Government
– Registered voters: 52,274
– Accredited voters: 11,864
– APC: 8,163
– LP: 31
– PDP: 2,843
– Total valid votes: 11,544
– Rejected votes: 308
– Total votes cast: 11,852
Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government
– Registered voters: 81,954
– Accredited voters: 22,256
– APC: 16,600
– LP:
– PDP: 4,442
– Total valid votes: 21,454
– Rejected votes: 541
– Total votes cast: 21,995
Idanre Local Government
– Registered voters: 91,392
– Accredited voters: 19,712
– APC: 9,114
– LP: 24
– PDP: 8,940
– Total valid votes: 18,430
– Rejected votes: 748
– Total votes cast: 19,178
PDP agent disputed the election results for Idanre LG, noting that there was not election at a polling unit. He also cited cases of ballot snatching for his rejection of the result.
Irele Local Government
– Registered voters: 78,982
– Accredited voters: 24,772
– APC: 17,117
– LP: 15
– PDP: 6,601
– Total valid votes: 24,031
– Rejected votes: 718
– Total votes cast: 24,749
Akoko Southwest Local Government
– Registered voters: 116,368
– Accredited voters: 36,300
– APC: 29,700
– LP:
– PDP: 5,517
– Total valid votes: 35,700
– Rejected votes: 525
– Total votes cast: 36,225
Owo Local Government
– Registered voters: 143,751
– Accredited voters: 38,340
– APC: 31,914
– LP: 42
– PDP: 4,740
– Total valid votes: 37,334
– Rejected votes: 983
– Total votes cast: 38,317
Ondo West Local Government
– Registered voters: 190,666
– Accredited voters: 31,418
– APC: 20,755
– LP: 181
– PDP: 6,387
– Total valid votes: 30,238
– Rejected votes: 1144
– Total votes cast: 31,382
Akoko Southeast Local Government
– Registered voters: 41,978
– Accredited voters: 15,150
– APC: 12,140
– LP:
– PDP: 2,692
– Total valid votes: 14,998
– Rejected votes: 160
– Total votes cast: 15,148
Akoko Northwest Local Government
– Registered voters: 84,908
– Accredited voters: 31,263
– APC: 25,010
– LP: 23
– PDP: 5,502
– Total valid votes: 30,805
– Rejected votes: 309
– Total votes cast: 31,114
Ose Local Government
– Registered voters: 78,307
– Accredited voters: 21,661
– APC: 16,555
– LP: 06
– PDP: 4,472
– Total valid votes: 21,265
– Rejected votes: 342
– Total votes cast: 21,607
Akure South Local Government
– Registered voters: 314,709
– Accredited voters:54,670
– APC: 32,969
– LP: 238
– PDP: 17,926
– Total valid votes: 52,991
– Rejected votes: 1651
– Total votes cast: 54,642
Akoko Northeast Local Government
– Registered voters: 93,285
– Accredited voters: 31,734
– APC: 25,657
– LP: 14
– PDP: 5,072
– Total valid votes: 31,182
– Rejected votes: 515
– Total votes cast: 31,697
The state collation officer has announced a recess. The collation of the results will resume at 5 am.
The collation of results resume at 5:15 am with the state collation officer explaining results from only two out of the five LGs remaining will be announced.
Okitipupa Local Government
– Registered voters: 126,021
– Accredited voters: 38,814
– APC: 26,811
– LP: 27
– PDP: 10,233
– Total valid votes: 37,597
– Rejected votes: 858
– Total votes cast: 38,455
The collation officer for Okitipupa said there was a case of overeating at RA10 PU 001 but no agents objected to the results he presented.
Akure North Local Government
– Registered voters: 87,293
– Accredited voters: 21,608
– APC: 14,451
– LP: 238
– PDP: 5,787
– Total valid votes: 20,942
– Rejected votes: 648
– Total votes cast: 21,590
The announcement of results from the remaining three local governments has been postponed to 12 pm.
INEC is set to resume collating results from the remaining three local governments—Ilaje, Ese Odo, and Odigbo—after a more than seven-hour break. The collation officer for Ese Odo has yet to arrive at the INEC state office at 12:35 pm.
The sitting governor and candidate of the APC won in all the 15 LGs already announced.
Odigbo Local Government
– Registered voters: 154, 382
– Accredited voters: 38, 163
– APC: 26, 683
– LP: 34
– PDP: 9,348
– Total valid votes: 36,995
– Rejected votes: 1166
– Total votes cast: 38,161
Ilaje Local Government
– Registered voters: 146,146
– Accredited voters: 29,131
– APC: 24,474
– LP: 176
– PDP: 3,632
– Total valid votes: 28,592
– Rejected votes: 293
– Total votes cast: 28,885
Ese Odo Local Government
– Registered voters: 84,888
– Accredited voters: 22,975
– APC: 14,511
– LP: 45
– PDP: 7,814
– Total valid votes: 22,551
– Rejected votes: 417
– Total votes cast: 22,968
The final results for all the parties are:
–Registered voters: 2,051,135
–Accredited voters: 510,855
–A: 186
–AA: 58
–AAC: 304
–ADC: 4,138
–ADP: 1,522
–APC: 366,781
–APGA: 623
–APM: 162
–APP: 83
–LP: 1,162
–NNPP: 206
–NRM: 298
–PDP: 117,845
–PRP: 229
–SDP: 438
–YP: 134
–YPP: 216
–ZLP: 2,692
– Total valid votes: 497, 077
– Rejected votes: 11,886
– Total votes cast: 508,963