Charles Soludo has been declared of the Anambra Governorship election.
Glamtush reports that the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Soludo cruised to victory in the Anambra governorship elections, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state.
The Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, Prof Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning at the INEC office in Awka, Anambra State.
“That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar said on Wednesday.
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (Mr Valentine Ozigbo) and Young Progressives Party (Senator Ifeanyi Ubah) each won a local government.
But the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, was unable to win any local government in the election.
Soludo, 61, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, secured 112,229 votes, twice more than his closes rival – PDP’s Ozigbo to be returned as winner of the election.
Ozigbo had 53,807 votes while the other two frontline contenders – Uba and Ubah scored 43,285 and 21,261 votes respectively.
Breakdown of votes by the four frontline parties according to LGAs
| S/N | LGA | APC | APGA | PDP | YPP | REMARK | ||
| 1 | AGUATA | 4,773 | 9,136 | 3,798 | 1,070 | APGA | ||
| 2 | ANAMBRA EAST | 2,034 | 9,746 | 1,380 | 559 | APGA | ||
| 3 | ANAMBRA WEST | 1,233 | 1,918 | 1,401 | 357 | APGA | ||
| 4 | ANAOCHA | 2,085 | 6,911 | 5,108 | 868 | APGA | ||
| 5 | AWKA NORTH | 755 | 1,908 | 840 | 381 | APGA | ||
| 6 | AWKA SOUTH | 2,595 | 12,891 | 5,498 | 919 | APGA | ||
| 7 | AYAMELUM | 2,409 | 3,424 | 2,804 | 407 | APGA | ||
| 8 | DUNUKOFIA | 1,991 | 4,124 | 1,680 | 1,360 | APGA | ||
| 9 | EKWUSIGO | 1,237 | 2,570 | 1,857 | 727 | APGA | ||
| 10 | IDEMILI NORTH | 2,291 | 5,358 | 2,312 | 902 | APGA | ||
| 11 | IDEMILI SOUTH | 1,039 | 2,312 | 2,016 | 752 | APGA | ||
| 12 | IHIALA | 343 | 8,283 | 2,485 | 344 | APGA | ||
| 13 | NJIKOKA | 3,216 | 8,803 | 3,409 | 924 | APGA | ||
| 14 | NNEWI NORTH | 1,278 | 3,369 | 1,511 | 6,485 | YPP | ||
| 15 | NNEWI SOUTH | 1,307 | 3,243 | 2,226 | 1,327 | APGA | ||
| 16 | OGBARU | 1,178 | 3,051 | 3,445 | 484 | PDP | ||
| 17 | ONITSHA NORTH | 3,909 | 5,587 | 3,781 | 682 | APGA | ||
| 18 | ONITSHA SOUTH | 2,050 | 4,281 | 2,253 | 271 | APGA | ||
| 19 | ORUMBA NORTH | 2,672 | 4,787 | 1,847 | 655 | APGA | ||
| 20 | ORUMBA SOUTH | 2,060 | 4,394 | 1,672 | 887 | APGA | ||
| 21 | OYI | 2,830 | 6,133 | 2,484 | 900 | APGA | ||
| TOTAL | 21 LGAs | 43,285 | 112,229 | 53,807 | 21,261 | APGA | ||
| Total Registered Voters | 2,466,638 | |||||||
| Total Accredited Voters | 253,388 | |||||||
| Total Valid Votes | 241,523 | |||||||
| Total Rejected Votes | 8,108 | |||||||
| Total Votes Cast | 249,631 | |||||||
Breakdown of votes by all 18 political parties
| S/N | PARTY | VOTES | |
| 1 | A | 2,054 | |
| 2 | AA | 83 | |
| 3 | AAC | 588 | |
| 4 | ADC | 324 | |
| 5 | ADP | 773 | |
| 6 | APC | 43,285 | |
| 7 | APGA | 112,229 (WINNER) | |
| 8 | APM | 301 | |
| 9 | APP | 139 | |
| 10 | BP | 186 | |
| 11 | LP | 2,802 | |
| 12 | NNPP | 117 | |
| 13 | NRM | 213 | |
| 14 | PDP | 53,807 | |
| 15 | PRP | 437 | |
| 16 | SDP | 842 | |
| 17 | YPP | 21,261 | |
| 18 | ZLP | 2,082 | |
| Total Registered Voters | 2,466,638 | ||
| Total Accredited Voters | 253,388 | ||
| Total Valid Votes | 241,523 | ||
| Total Rejected Votes | 8,108 | ||
| Total Votes Cast | 249,631 | ||
