APC wins presidential election in Ekiti with 201,494 votes, as PDP scores 89,554

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

The result of the saturday’s presidential election in Ekiti State was formally announced yesterday with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu scoring a total of 201, 494 votes out of the 314, 472 total votes cast.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar polled 89,554 votes, while the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi got 11, 397 votes.
The results were announced by the Ekiti State Collation Officer and Vice Chancellor, University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State, Professor Akeem Olawale Lasisi at the
national collation centre, situated at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Only the duo of Tinubu and Atiku made the required 25 percent spread of the votes cast in the state.
The Social Democracy Party, SDP, scored 2,011 votes while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled 1,337.
While the number of registered voters in Ekiti State was 987, 647, the number of accredited voters stood at 315,058.
Total votes cast were; 314,472 votes. Valid votes stood at 308,171, while rejected votes were 6,301.
After the announcement, the report of the results was formally presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who doubles as the Chief Returning Officer of the election, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.
The scores of the 18 political parties which contested the presidential election as announced by INEC yesterday are:
Party A. 69 votes
AA. 29 votes
AAC. 108 votes
ADC. 1337 votes
ADP. 737 votes
APC 201,494 votes
APGA. 268 votes
APM. 46 votes
APP- 91 votes
BP. 46 votes
LP. 11,397 votes
NNPP 264 votes
NRM. 131 votes
PDP 89,554 votes
PRP. 48 votes
SDP. 2,011votes
YPP. 81 votes
ZLP 460
The INEC has however adjourned announcement of further results of the election till 11am today at the same venue.