Governor Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the governorship election in Anambra State, is leading by a wide margin.
According to results from 19 Local Government Areas announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Soludo had polled 389,789 votes ahead of his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who had 91,592 votes so far, leaving a margin of 298,197 votes.
Labour Party (LP) is in a distant third with 10,366 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has 1,230 votes.
Anambra State has 21 LGAs, divided into Anambra North, Central, and South.
The results from the remaining two LGAs are expected to be announced when the INEC officials resume at the collation centre by 6:00 a.m.
According to INEC, 2,802,790 registered voters were eligible to participate in the gubernatorial election, including 140,370 newly registered voters across 326 wards.
The election was held in 5,718 polling units, as two of the expected 5,720 had no registered voters.
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Candidates vying for the governorship seat with Soludo include Ukachukwu of APC, Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), George Moghalu of the Labour Party, and Jude Ezenwafor of the PDP.
See some of the results below:
Awka South LGA
APC: 5,038
APGA: 27,896
LP: 520
PDP: 63
Total valid votes: 37,518
Rejected votes: 784
Total votes cast: 38,302
Idemili South LGA
APC: 6,015
APGA: 17,224
LP: 276
PDP: 40
Total valid votes: 24,431
Rejected votes: 464
Total votes cast: 24,895
Ekwusigo LGA
APC: 2,973
APGA: 18,749
LP: 194
PDP: 70
Total valid votes: 23,642
Rejected votes: 378
Total votes cast: 24,020
Idemili North LGA
APC: 6,383
APGA: 25,498
LP: 1,275
PDP: 125
Total valid votes: 34,961
Rejected votes: 704
Total votes cast: 35,665
Anaocha LGA
APC: 5,956
APGA: 20,118
LP: 483
PDP: 42
Total valid votes: 28,189
Rejected votes: 569
Total votes cast: 28,758
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