The voting in Edo state was concluded on Wednesday, September 28, with many going all out to support their preferred candidates.
The Edo election has been tagged two horse race between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), though nineteen candidates are vying for the ticket to the Government House. Edo state has a total of 1,925,105 registered voters; 192 Registration Areas (RAs); 2,627 Polling Units (PUs); and 4,011 Voting Points (VPs). Following conclusion of voting on Wednesday, INEC has said that there are no results yet, informing that collation of results for the governorship election would begin today, September 29. It was gathered that the decision to commence the collation today is in connection with the late arrival of results from the 18 local government areas. The official report by INEC is still awaited, and sources say the results might be announced within the hour.
SLUTIONBOIZ.BLOGSPOT.com is on ground in Benin to bring you minute-by-minute report regarding the election results. Read our live coverage below. Remember to always refresh your browser for fresh updates.
Some aggrieved party members are reportedly protesting at the INEC office in Edo state. A one hour break has been proposed by the chief returning officer. The announcement of results are to be continued at noon.
Out of 9 local governments we have
APC – 142,424 and PDP is 136, 808
Results for Esan West is as follows:
APC 13,114
PDP 16, 311 Esan West is next.
After 8 local governments,
APC has a total of 129,310 votes while the
PDP has 120,497 votes.
Orhiomwon
APC 15, 262
PDP 16, 446 Calls for cancellation of election results in Oredo stirs debate Commotion takes the room following some arguments about votes that were cancelled. Sirens blaring in the background, security is at its most heightened state, some more local governments are yet to arrive. After 7 local government, the results stands at 114,048 for APC and 104,051 for PDP
Oredo local government area is next.
APC 37, 612.
PDP 30, 492
Total Valid Votes: 69,401
Total Votes Cast: 73,712
6 / 18 LGAs announced
APC – 76,436 PDP – 73,559
10:02am Colation officer for Esan South East takes the floor
APC 9554
PDP 11466
Registered voters 66698
Accredited voters 22522
After the first 5 results…..
APC 66882,
PDP 62093
Uhunmwonde
APC: 10, 911
PDP: 8,667
Accredited Voters : 21,927
Igueben
APC: 7802
PDP: 7560
Total Valid Votes: 15,506
Total Vote Cast: 16,086
Egor LGA
APCNigeria : 26,177
PDPNig : 19,514
Registered Voters: 184,296
Accredited Voters: 49,802
9:35 Questions raised over cancelled vote Esan North East
APC 9130
PDP 16220
Total Valid Votes: 25,747
Total Vote Cast: 26,944
Colation officer for Esan North East takes the stage
Owan West: APC 12, 862
PDP 10, 132
Registered Voters: 54,406
Accredited Voters: 24,487
Official from Owan West LGA kick starts the announcement process.
9:08am: INEC begins proceedings to announce the election results. Shortly after conclusion of elections in all parts of Edo state, some unofficial results began to trickle in, with the PDP taking an initial lead, and the APC taking over somewhere midway.
Reports suggested that after collation of 727 Polling Units out of 2,672 Units in Edo state,
APC has a total of 69,196votes
while PDP has 75,088votes;
with over 13000 rendered invalid.
A total of 25,000 police officers were deployed across the state to ensure peace and security during the polls, while 44 observer groups were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as election monitors.
SLUTIONBOIZ.BLOGSPOT.com is on ground in Benin to bring you minute-by-minute report regarding the election results. Read our live coverage below. Remember to always refresh your browser for fresh updates.
Some aggrieved party members are reportedly protesting at the INEC office in Edo state. A one hour break has been proposed by the chief returning officer. The announcement of results are to be continued at noon.
Out of 9 local governments we have
APC – 142,424 and PDP is 136, 808
Results for Esan West is as follows:
APC 13,114
PDP 16, 311 Esan West is next.
After 8 local governments,
APC has a total of 129,310 votes while the
PDP has 120,497 votes.
Orhiomwon
APC 15, 262
PDP 16, 446 Calls for cancellation of election results in Oredo stirs debate Commotion takes the room following some arguments about votes that were cancelled. Sirens blaring in the background, security is at its most heightened state, some more local governments are yet to arrive. After 7 local government, the results stands at 114,048 for APC and 104,051 for PDP
Oredo local government area is next.
APC 37, 612.
PDP 30, 492
Total Valid Votes: 69,401
Total Votes Cast: 73,712
6 / 18 LGAs announced
APC – 76,436 PDP – 73,559
10:02am Colation officer for Esan South East takes the floor
APC 9554
PDP 11466
Registered voters 66698
Accredited voters 22522
After the first 5 results…..
APC 66882,
PDP 62093
Uhunmwonde
APC: 10, 911
PDP: 8,667
Accredited Voters : 21,927
Igueben
APC: 7802
PDP: 7560
Total Valid Votes: 15,506
Total Vote Cast: 16,086
Egor LGA
APCNigeria : 26,177
PDPNig : 19,514
Registered Voters: 184,296
Accredited Voters: 49,802
9:35 Questions raised over cancelled vote Esan North East
APC 9130
PDP 16220
Total Valid Votes: 25,747
Total Vote Cast: 26,944
Colation officer for Esan North East takes the stage
Owan West: APC 12, 862
PDP 10, 132
Registered Voters: 54,406
Accredited Voters: 24,487
Official from Owan West LGA kick starts the announcement process.
9:08am: INEC begins proceedings to announce the election results. Shortly after conclusion of elections in all parts of Edo state, some unofficial results began to trickle in, with the PDP taking an initial lead, and the APC taking over somewhere midway.
Reports suggested that after collation of 727 Polling Units out of 2,672 Units in Edo state,
APC has a total of 69,196votes
while PDP has 75,088votes;
with over 13000 rendered invalid.
A total of 25,000 police officers were deployed across the state to ensure peace and security during the polls, while 44 observer groups were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as election monitors.
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