Ademola Adeleke, younger brother of the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, has emerged the winner of the Osun West Senatorial District, bye-election which held on Saturday, in Osun State.
Ademola Adeleke contested for the senatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The announcement was made by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, after the counting exercise that followed the election.
Adeleke polled 97,480 votes as against that of his closest rival, Mudashiru Husain, of the All Progressives Congres, APC, who polled 66,116 votes.
The margin between the two contestants is 31, 364 votes
“Having scored the highest number of votes and having certified the requirement of the law, Otunba (Dr.) Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke of People’s Democratic Party(PDP) is hereby declared WINNER of Osun West Senatorial Bye-Election and return elected,” INEC declared.
Next Edition had exclusively reported the victory of Adeleke
The bye-election came following the sudden death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke.
The accreditation and voting in Osun West bye-election was conducted peacefully with a large turn out of voters.
Electoral officials were reported to have arrived venue of the polls on time with materials.
Despite the downpour, the people of the district came out en-masse to vote.
Below are the results of the PDP and APC votes as cast in the different local government areas of the senatorial district:
AYEDIRE :
APC: 5360
PDP: 5,789
EDE NORTH:
APC: 2784
PDP: 18,559
EDE SOUTH:
APC: 2096
PDP: 13,406
EJIGBO:
APC:12,229
PDP: 9,723
IWO:
APC: 12,205
PDP: 12,547
IREWOLE:
APC: 8,952
PDP: 9096
OLA-OLUWA:
APC: 5,316
PDP: 5,618
EGBEDORE:
APC: 4,768
PDP: 7,142
AYEDAADE:
APC: 7,179
PDP: 9,061
ISOKAN:
APC: 5,227
PDP: 6,539
TOTAL RESULT
PDP: 97,480
APC: 66,116
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