Adejoke Adeleye, Abeokuta
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Prince Dapo Abiodun of All Progressives Congress, APC as the winner of the Ogun State gubernatorial election.
The returning officer, Prof Idowu Olayinka, Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan at the end of the collation of results early Monday morning said the APC candidate scored 241,670 to defeat his closest challenger, the Abdulkadir Akinlade of Allied Peoples Movement who scored 222,153 votes.
Abiodun defeated his closest challenger by 19,517 votes. See details of the results and scores by other parties below:
REGISTERED VOTERS: 2,375,003
ACCREDITATION: 708,807
Accord: 1,695
AAC: 1,469
AAP: 746
ACD: 2,629
AD: 1,378
ADC: 110,422
ADP: 9,666
AGA: 813
ANN: 710
ANRP: 958
APC: 241,670
APM: 222,153
ADS: 235
BNPP: 345
C: 81
CAP: 150
DA: 753
DPC: 464
DPP: 732
FJP:
FRESH: 161
GPN: 242
ID: 159
JMPP: 191
KP: 552
MPN: 628
NCP: 430
PDP: 70,290
PPA: 1,133
PPC: 616
PPN: 1,149
PPP: 671
PT: 365
RPMP: 602
SDP: 1,483
UDP: 384
UPN: 861
UPP: 515
YES: 1,692
YPP:
ZLP: 616
Total Valid Votes: 680,947
Total void Votes: 20,969
Total Votes Cast: 701,916
19,517: winning margin
7,100: cancelled votes