The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Charles Soludo has been declared as winner of the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the State, Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning.
Soludo secured 112,229 votes to defeat his two major rivals, Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP who got 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the APC who had 43,285 votes.
Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came next with 21,261 votes.
Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was declared winner of the election at exactly 1:51 am on Wednesday.
“Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Obi said.
Breakdown of the final result below.
Registered voters— 2,466,638
Accredited voters— 253,388
A— 2,054
AA— 83
AAC— 588
ADC— 324
ADP— 773
APC— 43,285
APGA— 112,229
APM— 301
APP— 139
BP— 186
LP— 2,802
NNPP— 117
NRM— 213
PDP— 53,807
PRP— 437
SDP— 842
YPP— 21,261
ZLP— 2,082
Total valid votes— 241,523
Rejected votes— 8,108
Total votes cast— 249,631
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