By Jide Idowu, Joshua Oladipo and Victor Adeoti
The candidate of the PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of the Osun governorship election, held on July 16.
Announcing the results at the INEC Collation Centre on Sunday in Osogbo, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who was the returning officer, said that Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat his closest rival, Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the APC, who scored 375,027 votes.
Ogundipe, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, said that the Action Democratic Party (ADP) scored 10,104 to come third.
He also said that the Accord Party candidate scored 4,515 and came fourth.
“I Oluwatoyin Ogundipe Temitayo, hereby certify that I am the returning officer for Osun 2022 governorship election, which held on July 16, 2022.
“I hereby declare on behalf of the INEC chairman that Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP won in 17 local government areas, while APC won in 13.
The 13 local government areas won by the APC are; Ilesa East, Ayedaade, Boripe, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Boripe, Ola-Oluwa, Iwo, Isokan, Irewole, Atakumosa East and Ife East.
While the 17 local government areas won by PDP are; Boluwaduro, Osogbo, Ila, Atakumosa West, Ifelodun, Ilesa West, Odo-Otin, Obokun, Orolu, Olorunda, Ife North, Irepodun, Oriade, Ede South, Ejigbo, Ede North and Egbedore
Below is the scorecard of the PDP and APC in the Osun 2022 Elections across the 30 Local Government Areas in the state:
- Boluwaduro
PDP: 5,860
APC: 5,649
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- Ilesa East
PDP: 10,969
APC: 13,452
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- Osogbo
PDP: 30,401
APC: 22,952
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- Ila
PDP: 13,036
APC: 11,163
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- Atakumosa West
PDP: 7,750
APC: 6,601
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- Ifelodun
PDP: 17,107
APC: 16,068
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- Ilesa West
PDP: 13,769
APC: 10,777
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- Ayedire
PDP: 7,402
APC: 7,868
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- Odo-Otin
PDP: 14,003
APC: 13,483
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- Boripe
PDP: 7,595
APC: 21,205
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- Obokun
PDP: 13,575
APC: 9,727
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- Orolu
PDP: 10,282
APC: 9,928
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- Olorunda
PDP: 21,350
APC: 18,709
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- Ife North
PDP: 10,359
APC: 9,964
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15 Ifedayo
PDP:4,730
APC:5,016
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- Ife Central
PDP:13,632
APC: 17,880
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- Irepodun
PDP:14,369
APC:12,122
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- Oriade
PDP:15,947
APC:14,189
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- Ayedaade
PDP:13,380
APC:14,527
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20.Ola-Oluwa
PDP: 7,205
APC: 9,123
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- Iwo
PDP:16,914
APC:17,421
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22.Ede South
PDP: 19,438
APC: 5,704
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23.Isokan
PDP:10,777
APC:10,833
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24.Irewole
PDP:14,216
APC:18,198
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25.Ejigbo
PDP:18,065
APC: 14,355
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- Ede North
PDP: 23,931
APC: 9,603
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- Egbedore
PDP: 13,230
APC: 9,228
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- Atakumosa East
PDP: 6992
APC:7449
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29.Ife South
PDP:9,116
APC:12,481
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- Ife East
PDP:18,071
APC: 19,353
(NAN)