By Adekunle Abiodun
The governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji has won Saturday the 17th of June 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, defeating the other 15 candidates.
In the final results announced by the Chief Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, the immediate past secretary to the state government polled 187,057 votes to defeat his closest rival and Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Chief Segun Oni who scored 82,211.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bisi Kolawole who came third in the poll garnered 67,457 votes.
The APC candidate won in 15 local government areas, with the PDP candidate winning in the remaining one council area of the state.
However, the Returning Officer added, “Total number of Registered voters: 989224; Accredited votes: 363438; Total valid votes: 351865; Void votes: 8,888; Total votes cast: 360,753.
A- 166
AAC- 409
ADC-5597
ADP- 3495
APC -187057
APGA- 376
ALL- 290
APP -1980
LP- 195
NNPP -529
PDP-67457
PRP 856
YPP 618
ZLP-282
SDP- 82211