Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party has gotten a convincing lead on Sunday morning with more votes from the results of the 13 Local Governments declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Fourteen political parties participated in the election which held on Saturday, September 19, 2020, but the real contest was obviously between the incumbent governor, Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Five local governments’ results are still yet to be released but Obaseki has won 11 out of 13 LGAs already announced.
Obaseki polled 243,604 in 13 local governments while Ize-Iyamu’s polled 154,192.
Below is a breakdown of the votes awarded to the two candidates in 13 local governments:
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
