INEC Declares Outcome Of Benue Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the March 9 governorship election in Benue State, north-central Nigeria, inconclusive.
Returning officer for Benue, Sebastian Maimako, said the commission declared the poll inconclusive because 121,011 electorates were either unable to vote or election did not hold in their areas.
Maimako announced that Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 410,576, while his closest rival, Emmanuel Jime of the APC, polled 329,022 votes.
Below are the results from the various local government areas:
Oju LGA
APC – 19,061
PDP – 13,110
OBI LGA
APC- 9,696
PDP – 9,055
GWER WEST LGA
APC – 7,292
PDP – 14,375
OGBADIGBO LGA
APC – 9,018
PDP – 8,518
GWER EAST LGA
APC – 14,582
PDP – 19,596
USHONGO LGA
APC – 14,589
PDP – 22,351
OHIMINI LGA
APC – 8,470
PDP – 7,304
AGATU LGA
APC – 7,538
PDP – 9,935
APA LGA
APC – 8,460
PDP – 8,429
OTUKPO LGA
APC – 21,530
PDP – 12,903
TARKA LGA
APC – 16,919
PDP – 2,975
UKUM LGA
APC – 11,725
PDP – 22,540
KATSINA-ALA LGA
APC – 21,614
PDP – 17,980
ADO LGA
APC – 7,711
PDP – 7,258
GUMA LGA
APC – 8,869
PDP – 28,479
GBOKO LGA
APC – 28,540
PDP – 36,186
MAKURDI LGA
APC – 35,967
PDP – 29,232
LOGO LGA
APC – 4,552
PDP – 30,152
BURUKU LGA
APC – 13,215
PDP – 29,141
OKPOKWU LGA
APC – 8,372
PDP – 8,297
KWANDE LGA
APC – 22,783
PDP – 29,048
VANDEIKIYA LGA
APC – 18,579
PDP – 27,124
KONSHISHA LGA
APC – 9,940
PDP – 16,588
FINAL RESULT
APC – 329,022
PDP – 410,576
Margin – 81,554
Areas where elections were not held or cancelled – 121,011
Valid – 790,102
Rejected – 14,560
Vote cast – 804,662
Reg voters – 2,480,131
Accredited – 816,969
