The candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has won Saturday’s Presidential election in Delta State.
LP won 18 out of the 25 Local Government Areas of the state.
The LP candidate left his closest rival in the contest and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar with seven Local Government Areas.
As announced by the Delta State Collation Officer for the Presidential Election, Prof Owuneri Abraham Georgewill, Mr Peter Obi scored 341,866 of the total votes cast in the state to emerge the winner.
Labour Party won in Ika South, Aniocha North, Ethiope West, Oshimili North, Ndokwa West, Ukwuani, Aniocha South, Ethiope East, Sapele, Ndokwa East, Oshimili South, Isoko South, Isoko North, Warri South, Okpe, Udu, Aniocha North, Uvwie and Ughelli North, Local Government Areas.
The candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar who polled 161600 votes to emerge second, won in Ika North-East, Bomadi, Patani, Warri North, Burutu, Ughelli South and Warri South-West Local Government Area of the State.
Announcing the results in Asaba, the State Collation Officer for the Presidential Election, Prof Owuneri Abraham Georgewill, said elections were held in the 25 local government areas of the State.
He stated Labour Party’s Peter Obi won in 18 Local Government Areas with 341,866 votes and the PDP won in the remaining seven Local Government Areas with total votes of 161,600, saying that the APC scored 90,183.
Other scores include APGA 3746, ZLP 3324, NNPP 3122, SDP 3071, APM 1028, Boot 1016, Accord, 979, NRN 988, APD 788, YPP 606, APP 493, AAC 357, PRP 342 AA 229 and ADC 160 votes.
In his remarks, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC in Delta state, Pastor Monday Udoh-Tom, said elections were held in 5,863 polling units across the state.
He stated that the Commission must look at the lessons learnt in the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections and be better prepared for the next election on March 11.
The REC commended stakeholders including the media for partnering with inec in the conduct of the elections.
The high point of the collation exercise was the signing of the results by the agents of the various political parties.
