Osun Elections 2014: Governor Aregbesola Coasts To Victory In Osun Governorship Polls

Incumbent governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has won Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. To emerge winner of the election contested by 20 political parties, Mr. Aregbesola polled a total of 394,684 votes, winning the highest number of votes in 22 of the 30 Local Government Areas of the state.
His closest challenger, Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], polled 292,747 votes to come second. He won in eight local government areas. The candidate of the Labour Party [LP], Fatai Akinbade, received a paltry 8,898 votes to come a distant third.

Mr. Aregbesola won in Ayedade, Ifelodun, Ede North, Ola Oluwa, Irepodun, Ila Orangun, Ede South, Atakumosa West, Oriade, Orolu, Boripe and Ilesa West. The APC candidate also prevailed at Ilesa East, Ifedayo, Irewole, Obokun, Egbedore, Iwo, Osogbo, Olorunda, Atakumosa East and Ejigbo.

Mr. Omisore on his part won in Isokan, Ife North, Ife East, Ife Central, Odo Otin, Boluwaduro, Ayedire and Ife South.

The Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Bamidele Omole, the vice chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, will in the next few minutes declare Mr. Aregbesola the winner of the election.

 ELECTION RESULTS    
S/N LGA                       APC     PDP
1 ATAKUMOTA EAST    9,134  6,292  
2 ATAKUMOSA WEST    6,928  5,142  
3 AYEDAADE               13,186  11,306  
4 AYEDIRE                    7,834  7,828  
5 BOLOWADURO          4,891  5,035  
6 BORIPE                     12,723  9,344  
7 EDE NORTH             17,385  11,064  
8 EDE SOUTH             11,738  7,462  
9 EGBEDORE              10,615  7,024  
10 EJIGBO                   9,942  4,422  
11 IFE CENTRAL        9,650  24,555  
12 IFEDAYO              4,225  3,982  
13 IFE EAST            13,821   20,831
14 IFELODUN         17,447  12,476  
15 IFE NORTH         8,603  9,841  
16 IFE SOUTH          6,544  13,022  
17 ILA                   10,825  7,916  
18 ILESA EAST      16,106  5,913  
19 ILESA WEST      15,427  5,449  
20 IREPODUN        13,314  7,386  
21 IREWOLE         17,939  10,263  
22 ISOKAN         9,578  10,028  
23 IWO              21,093  15,435  
24 OBOKUN      11,696  8,618  
25 ODO OTIN    11,950  12,902  
26 OLA OLUWA   7,927  4,953  
27 OLORUNDA    26,496  8,466  
28 ORIADE         12,523  10,214
29 OROLU        8,558  6,786 24,114
30 OSOGBO      39,948  12,398  
  TOTAL        387,504  286,947

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