FULL LIST: Edo state election results by local government areas, check out APC's scores

• INEC declared Monday Okpebholo of the APC as the winner of the keenly contested Saturday, September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo state
• The APC won 11 of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) declared by the electoral umpire
• Okpebholo, who served as the lawmaker representing Edo Central senatorial district since 2023, is the anointed candidate of former APC national leader, Adams Oshiomhole

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

Benin City, Edo state - The political machine of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo recently favoured the party’s candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as the new governor of the state.

According to the results declared on Sunday night, September 22, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Okpebholo scored 291,667 votes. He won in 11 local government areas to beat his main rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 247, 274 votes and won in seven local government areas of Edo.

APC's Monday Okpebholo (left) won 11 local government areas in Edo state.
Source: Twitter

Overall, APC got 56 percent of the total votes cast, while the PDP pulled off 35 percent, and the Labour Party (LP), whose candidate, Olumide Akpata, came a distant third, had nine per cent of votes cast.

Legit.ng highlights the full list of LGAs won by APC's Okpebholo.

Check them out below:

The collation of the above results was supervised by the returning officer (RO) for the election and vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna), Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta.

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Edo: Pastor predicts win for PDP's Ighodalo

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Prophet Chinonso Emmanuel tipped the PDP and Ighodalo for victory in the Edo state governorship election 2024.

Speaking in a video posted on his known Facebook page, Prophet Emmanuel dashed the hope of the APC and LP concerning the poll.

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