2023 Presidential Election Results from EKITI STATE
The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has been announced as the winner of the presidential election in Ekiti state.
Tinubu who won all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state, beat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
According to the results announced by the Ekiti State Returning Officer for INEC, Professor Akeem Lasisi, Tinubu polled 201,494 to beat his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 89,554. In contrast, Peter Obi of the Labour Party polled 11,397.
Results from Ekiti State Continued: SDP: 2,011; ADC: 1,337;
ADP: 737 ZLP: 460; NNPP: 264; APGA: 268; NRM: 131; AAC:108 APP: 91; PRP: 48
There was cancellation of votes in 2 places.
Total votes cast- 314,472
Ekiti has become the FIRST state out of Nigeria’s 36 states & the Federal Capital to formally announce result of the presidential election. More results are still being expected from other states.
Announcement of election results will resume at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, tomorrow Monday, February 27th at 11 a.m
