Results from 15 Local Governments have shown that Ondo State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Akeredolu, has maintained the lead in Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The results were announced by the Local Government collation officers at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s collation centre in Akure early Sunday morning.
Akeredolu won in 12 LGAs while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, won three.
The Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party candidate, Agboola Ajayi, has not won any.
Akeredolu has so far garnered 229,309 votes.
Jegede is trailing with 170,138 votes.
Ajayi is in a distant third with 53,422 votes.
A breakdown of the figures shows that the APC candidate is leading his closest rival, Jegede, with 59,171 votes.
The PUNCH reports that 17 political parties are participating in the governorship election held in 18 local governments.
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SEE RESULTS FROM 15 LGAs
1: Owo LGA
APC – 35,957
PDP – 5,311
ZLP – 408
2: Ondo East LGA
APC: 6, 485
PDP: 4,049
ZLP: 3,221
3: Akoko North-West LGA
APC: 15,809
PDP: 10, 320
ZLP: 3,477
4: Akoko South-West LGA
APC: 21,322
PDP: 15,055
ZLP: 2,775
5: Akoko North-East
APC: 16,572
PDP: 8,380
ZLP: 3 ,532
6: Irele LGA
APC: 12,643
PDP: 5,493
ZLP: 5,904
7: Ile Oluji LGA
APC:13278
PDP: 9231
ZLP:1971
8: Ifedore LGA
APC – 9350
PDP – 11852
ZLP – 1863
9: Akure North LGA
APC – 9546
PDP- 12263
ZLP- 1046
10: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
11: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
12: Akure South LGA
APC: 17,277
PDP: 47,627
ZLP: 2,236
13: Akoko South-East LGA
APC – 9419
PDP- 4003
ZLP – 2004
14: Ose LGA
APC – 15,122
PDP -8421
ZLP – 1083
15: Okitipupa LGA
APC – 19266
PDP – 10367
ZLP – 10120
The PUNCH
