Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] has won Saturday’s governorship elections held yesterday in Ekiti State, with what appears a landslide.
To emerge winner, Mr. Fayose polled a total of 203,090 votes, winning the highest number of votes in all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.
Incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress [APC], who is his closest challenger, came a distant second, garnering 120,433 votes.
The candidate of the Labour Party [LP], Opeyemi Bamidele, received a paltry 18,135 votes.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scoring the highest numbers of votes, Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party is therefore returned elected,” the chief returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Isaac Asuzu, said while announcing the result.
Find below votes won by the three main political parties in the election.
RESULT OF ELECTION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LGs APC LP PDP
Ado-Ekiti 13,927 2,065 41,169
Efon 3,422 358 5,335
Ekiti-East 8,584 884 12,498
Ekiti S/W 6,746 1,413 11,038
Ekiti-West 7,860 884 10,702
Emure 4,332 1,527 7,086
Gbonyin 8,138 714 11,046
Ido-Osi 7,134 1,182 13,045
Ifelodun 6,834 3,555 13,038
Ikere 7,989 585 16,197
Ikole 8,804 1,259 14,238
Ijero 9,348 1,554 13,814
Ilejemeje 3,336 165 3,670
Ise 5,809 600 10,136
Moba 7,994 1,000 8,878
Oye 10,176 512 11,200
TOTAL 120,433 18,135 203,090
