Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 17 of the 27 local government results announced so far in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll.
Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital, with the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, as the state Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the election.
Though 18 parties fielded candidates in the poll, this year’s governorship election in Imo State has been described by analysts as a four-horse race between APC’s Uzodimma who is seeking re-election, Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party’s Achonu Nneji and Jack Ogunewe of the Action Alliance.
As of the time of filing this report at 06:13am, none of the other candidates have won any local government.
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The collation of results is, however, ongoing.
Like Imo, governorship elections were held in Kogi and Bayelsa on November 11, 2023, though the collation of results from the two states has been adjourned to Sunday morning.
SEE LGA RESULTS SO FAR COLLATED IMO:
Oru West LGA
Accredited voters 42965
APC – 38026
LP – 1867
PDP – 987
Total valid votes – 41373
Total votes cast – 42318
Njaba LGA
Accredited Voters – 12098
APC – 8110
LP – 995
PDP – 2404
Valid votes – 11736
Total votes – 12030
Owerri North LGA
Registered voters – 134555
Accredited voters – 18398
APC – 8536
LP – 4386
PDP – 3449
Valid votes – 17440
Total votes cast – 18016
Nwangele LGA
Registered voters – 55535
Accredited voters – 33259
APC – 29282
LP – 895
PDP – 2132
Valid votes – 32597
Votes cast – 32959
Owerri Municipal LGA
Registered voters – 134169
Accredited voters – 11110
APC – 5324
LP – 2914
PDP – 2180
Valid votes – 10813
Votes cast – 11054
Orsu LGA
Accredited voters – 19139