The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as winner of the Anambra governorship election.
Florence Obi, returning officer for the state, announced the result on Wednesday morning.
The APGA candidate secured 112,229 votes to defeat his two major rivals ā Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 43,285 votes.
Ifeanyi Uba of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came next with 21,261 votes.
Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was declared winner of the election at exactly 1:51 am on Wednesday.
āCharles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and retuened elected,ā Obi said.
The collation of results, which ended days behind schedule, was earlier suspended.
The decision to suspend the election was taken after a few minutes into Monday morning, with INEC declaring a supplementary election scheduled for November 8.
As of Sunday evening, Soludo was leading with a margin of 52,624 votes.
See the breakdown of the final result below.
Registered votersā 2,466,638
Accredited votersā 253,388
Aā 2,054
AAā 83
AACā 588
ADCā 324
ADPā 773
APCā 43,285
APGAā 112,229
APMā 301
APPā 139
BPā 186
LPā 2,802
NNPPā 117
NRMā 213
PDPā 53,807
PRPā 437
SDPā 842
YPPā 21,261
ZLPā 2,082
Total valid votesā 241,523
Rejected votesā 8,108
Total votes castā 249,631
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