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2016 Ondo State gubernatorial election

The 2016 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 26 November 2016, the APC nominee Rotimi Akeredolu won election, defeating Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

2016 Ondo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Rotimi Akeredolu Eyitayo Jegede
Party APC PDP
Running mate Agboola Ajayi Prince John Ola Mafo
Popular vote 224,842 150,380
Governor before election

Olusegun Mimiko
LP

Elected Governor

Rotimi Akeredolu
APC

Rotimi Akeredolu emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 669 votes and defeating his closest rival, Segun Abraham, who received 635 votes, Olusola Oke came third with 583 votes and Ajayi Boroffice had 471 votes.[7][8] He picked Agboola Ajayi as his running mate.[9] Eyitayo Jegede was the PDP candidate with Prince John Ola Mafo as his running mate.[10][11] 28 candidates contested in the election.[12]

Electoral system edit

The Governor of Ondo State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election edit

APC primary edit

The APC primary election was held on September 4, 2016. Rotimi Akeredolu won the primary election polling 669 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival, Segun Abraham, had 635 votes, Olusola Oke came third with 583 votes and Ajayi Boroffice received 471 votes.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

PDP primary edit

The PDP primary election was held on August 22, 2016. Eyitayo Jegede won the primary election polling 760 votes against Hon. Saka Lawal, the deputy governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2012 governorship election, who received 22 votes.[22][23][24][25][26][13][14][27]

Results edit

A total number of 28 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[28]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,647,973, while 584,997 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 580,887, while number of valid votes was 551,272. Rejected votes were 29,615.[29][12]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rotimi AkeredoluAll Progressives Congress224,84233.15
Eyitayo JegedePeople's Democratic Party150,38022.17
Olusola AlexAlliance for Democracy126,88918.71
Other candidates176,05025.96
Total678,161100.00
Valid votes678,16195.82
Invalid/blank votes29,6154.18
Total votes707,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,647,97342.95
Source: INEC

By local government area edit

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 551,272 represents the 27 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Rotimi Akeredolu. Green represents LGAs won by Eyitayo Jegede.

LGA Rotimi Akeredolu

APC

Eyitayo Jegede

PDP

Total Votes
# % # % #
Ondo West 10,672 17,382
Irele 11,138 5,907
Ifedore 10,958 6,747
Akoko North-East 13,645 6,496
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo 10,681 8,306
Ondo East 4,253 7,317
Ose 13,454 6,520
Akure North 10,710 6,520
Akoko South-East 6,384 4,239
Akoko South-West 19,892 7,691
Akoko North-West 13,048 6,049
Okitipupa 14,930 8,031
Owo 32,988 4,241
Odigbo 17,581 8,668
Idanre 10,981 7,575
Akure South 25,797 25,005
Ese Odo 10,700 8,071
Ilaje 7,030 5,007
Totals 224,842 150,380 551,272

References edit

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