Anambra Guber Poll: Soludo, Coasting Home to Victory, leads With Over 290,000 Votes as INEC Announces Results in 19 LGAs

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.

Candidates vying for the governorship seat with Soludo include Nicholas 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

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LP: 520

PDP: 63

Total valid votes: 37,518

Rejected votes: 784

Total votes cast: 38,302

Idemili South LGA

APC: 6,015

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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