After the voting on Saturday by hundreds of thousands of residents of Ondo State, all is now set for the official announcement of results.
Although results have tricked in from various polling units, the final result of each of the local governments will be announced by INEC at its headquarters in Akure.
The results are expected to be a three-horse race between Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP, Olusola Oke of the AD and Rotimi Akeredolu of the APC.
PREMIUM TIMES’ Josiah Oluwole and Nicholas Ibekwe are at the INEC headquarters to bring you live updates of the results.
23.12: Two local government collation officers are on their way to the INEC office, National Electoral Commissioner, Solomon Soyebi, comfirmed.
He said once results from four local governments arrive, the announcement of the results would begin.
“We don’t want to announce two local governments and then wait for a long while before another,” he said.
00.58: Results of two of the 18 local governments just arrived the INEC headquarters. They will be filled into forms to be used to announce the results.
02:48: After waiting several hours for the Independent Electoral Commission to start announcing the results of Saturday’s the governorship election, the commission is finally set to begin reeling out the results.
An officials of the INEC just walked into a hall were journalists were arranged to watch the announcement from a mounted projector screen to announce that declaration of results will commence in five minutes.
Only few media houses are allowed into the room where the results will be announced while other journalists are expected to watch from the hall on a projector screen.
03:04 The necessary collation forms have been opened to show they are blank before the final collation of election results starts.
ONDO EAST
Registered voters: 45,050
Accredited Voters 15,987
AD: 2,742
APC: 4,253
PDP: 7,317
Total valid votes 15,030.
Rejected Votes: 141.
Total Votes Cast 15, 971
ILE-OLUJI/OKE IGBO
Registered Voters: 66,090
Accredited Voters:26,281
AD: 4,522
APC: 10,681
PDP: 8,306
Valid votes: 24, 545
Rejected votes: 1, 601
Total votes cast: 26,146
Akoko North East
AD – 5, 867
APC – 13, 645
PDP – 6, 496
Total Valid Votes – 29,638
Rejected Votes – 1, 462
Total Votes Cast – 31,100
Ifedore LGA
Total number of Registered Voters – 70359
Total Number of Accredited Voters – 24501
AD – 4,629
APC – 10,958
PDP – 6,747
Total Valid Votes – 23,347
Rejected Votes – 1,087
Total Votes Cast – 24,434
Ifedore LGA
Total number of Registered Voters – 70359
Total Number of Accredited Voters – 24501
AD – 4,629
APC – 10,958
PDP – 6,747
Total Valid Votes – 23,347
Rejected Votes – 1,087
Total Votes Cast – 24,434
Irele LGA
Total number of Registered Voters – 60,264
Total Number of Accredited Voters – 26,225
AD – 6,710
APC – 11,138
PDP – 5,907
Total Valid Votes – 24,586
Rejected Votes – 1,100
Total Votes Cast – 25,686
Ondo West LGA
Total number of Registered Voters – 155,346
Total Number of Accredited Voters – 40,028
AD – 7,154
APC – 10,672
PDP – 17,382
Total Valid Votes – 37,054
Rejected Votes – 2,448
Total Votes Cast – 39502
Ose LGA
Total number of Registered Voters – 63,397
Total Number of Accredited Voters – 26,548
AD – 4,272
APC – 13,454
PDP – 6,520
Total Valid Votes – 25,034
Rejected Votes – 1,376
Total Votes Cast – 26,410
INEC goes on break. Announcement of results to resume at 6 a.m.
AKURE NORTH LGA
Registered Voters: 65,268
Accredited voters: 24,076
AD: 4,123
APC: 10,710
PDP: 6,493
AKOKO SOUTH EAST LGA
Registered Voters: 31,068
Accredited voters: 14,036
AD: 2,270
APC: 6,384
PDP: 4,239
AKOKO SOUTH WEST LGA
Registered Voters: 93,314
Accredited voters: 40,719
AD: 9,359
APC: 19,892
PDP: 7,691
AKOKO NORTH WEST LGA
Registered Voters: 64,735
Accredited voters: 37067
AD: 4,831
APC: 13048
PDP: 6, 049
OKITIPUPA LGA
Registered Voters: 99,359
Accredited voters: 43,518
AD: 16,294
APC: 14,930
PDP: 8,031
OWO LGA
Registered Voters: 118131
Accredited voters: 42,759
AD: 2,469
APC: 32,988
PDP: 4,241
IDANRE LGA
Registered Voters: 72,344
Accredited voters: 25,957
AD: 4836
APC: 10,981
PDP: 7,575
ODIGBO LGA
Registered Voters: 117,794
Accredited voters: 39,174
AD:8,187
APC: 17,581
PDP: 8,668
AKURE SOUTH LGA
Registered Voters: 261,281
Accredited voters: 69,916
AD: 12,270
APC: 25,797
PDP: 25,005
ESE ODO LGA
Registered Voters: 66,507
Accredited voters: 25,563
AD: 3,562
APC: 10,700
PDP: 8,701
ILAJE LGA
Number of registered voters 124, 558
Number of accredited voters 38, 211
AD – 22,789
APC – 7, 030
PDP – 5, 007
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