EdoElection: There is jubilation as Obaseki maintains lead
The Edo State Governorship election held on Saturday has shown that Godwin Obaseki is the candidate with the leading number of votes.
As is already known, PDP and APC are the strongest political parties in the election, making candidates Ize-Iyamu Obaseki’s highest opponent.
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However, in 13 Local Government Areas where the results have been announced, Obaseki has maintained a strong lead. The remaining 5 LGAs will determine who emerges as governor.
A breakdown of the votes that have been counted so far between APC and PDP is as follows:
Esan West
APC – 7,189
PDP – 17,434
Oredo
APC – 18,365
PDP – 43,498
Esan South-East
APC – 9,237
PDP – 10,563
Etsako West
APC – 26,140
PDP – 17,959
Ovia North-East
APC – 9,907
PDP – 16,987
Owan West
APC – 11,193
PDP – 11,485
Owan East
APC – 19,295
PDP – 14,762
Egor
APC – 10,202
PDP – 27,621
Uhunmwonde
APC – 5,972
PDP – 10,022
Ikpoba Okha
APC – 18,218
PDP – 41,030
Esan Central
APC – 6,719
PDP – 10,794
Esan North-East
APC – 6556
PDP – 13,579
Igueben LG
APC – 5199
PDP – 7870
This brings the total number of votes to 397,796 where Obaseki has 243,604 votes and Ize-Iyamu has 154,192 votes.
