The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, winner of the Ekiti state governorship election held yesterday in the state.
Fayemi won the election with a total vote of 197,459 while the leading contender and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka had 178,121 votes. PDC’s candidate came third with a total vote of 1,242.
INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the Ekiti state governorship election, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, said: “That John Olukayode Fayemi of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner of the Ekiti state governorship election.”
While announcing few minutes to 8am on Sunday, he gave the figures as follows:
Accredited Number of Voters – 405,861
Lawful votes
Accord – 250
AA – 41
ACD – 1,149
AD – 216
ADP – 1,082
AGA – 107
AGAP – 31
ANRP – 125
APA – 1,199
APC – 197,459
APDA – 464
APGA – 70
BNPP – 14
DA – 14
DPC – 147
DPP – 181
FJP – 42
GPN – 20
ID – 212
KOWA – 23
LP – 280
MMN – 35
MPN – 231
NDMP – 84
NPC – 353
PANDEL – 74
PDC – 1,242
PDP – 178,121
PPA – 632
PPN – 107
SDP – 367
UDP – 29
UPN – 33
YDP – 31
YPP – 49
Total Valid Votes – 384,594
Rejected Votes – 18,857
TOTAL VOTES CAST – 403,451
