Ondo Poll: INEC Declares APC’s Lucky Aiyedatiwa Winner

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the winner in the Saturday, November 16, Ondo State governorship poll.

Aiyedatiwa polled 366,781 votes to defeat his main contender, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Agboola Ajayi, who garnered 117,845 votes.

He scored a landslide victory in all the 18 local government areas, LGAs.

Announcing the final result on Sunday, November 17 at the INEC Collation Centre in Akure, Ondo State, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, declared that Aiyedatiwa was returned elected.

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Aiyedatiwa currently occupies the Alagbaka House as incumbent governor following the death of his principal, Rotimi Akeredolu.

He took over in December 2023, and with his re-election, he will serve for the next four years.

Amid the landslide victory, however, voters’ turnout appeared low relative to the number of registered voters.

INEC’s data showed that 2,053,061 eligible voters registered for permanent voter cards, PVCs, but only 1,757,205 of those who registered collected the PVCs.

This means that 85.6 per cent of registered voters were eligible to participate in the election, conducted across 3,933 polling units in the state’s 18 LGAs.