By The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, declared a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Charles Chukwuma Soludo, as winner of the just-concluded governorship election in Anambra State.
The returning officer for the election who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi made the announcement shortly after concluding the supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area which took place on Tuesday.
Soludo polled 112,229 votes to defeat his two major rivals: Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who emerged third with 43,285 votes.
Here are details of the results as announced by INEC.
Registered voters: 2,466,638
Accredited voters: 253,388
Total votes cast: 249,631
Rejected Votes: 8,108
Valid Votes: 241,523
How the parties and their candidates performed:
Accord – Godwin Maduka/-2,054
AA – Etiaba Chukwuogo -83
AAC – Nwankwo Chidozie -588
ADC – Akachukwu Nwankpo- 324
ADP -Afam Ume-Ezeoke- 773
APC – Andy Uba – 43,283
APGA – Chukwuma Soludo – 112,229 (WINNER)
APP – Azubuike Echetebu – 139
APM – Onyejegbu Okwudili – 301
BP -Chika Okeke -186
LP – Emmanuel Agbasimalo – 2,802
NNPP – Ohajimkpo Emeka – 117
NRM- Ezenwafor Victor- 213
PDP – Valentine Ozigbo – 53,807
PRP- Nnamdi Nwawuo – 437
SDP – Obinna Uzor – 842
YPP – Ifeanyi Ubah – 21,261
ZLP- Obiora Okonkwo – 2,082
