The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Charles Soludo, on Sunday opened the lead in the Anambra State governorship election.
Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has won 15 of the 18 local government areas announced so far by the collation officers.
The collation of results is ongoing at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Awka.
Other top contenders in the election are Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP).
From the local government areas announced so far, Soludo has polled a total of 95,435 votes.
A breakdown of the results is as follow:
Sunday, November 7.
17:30 pm: Awka North LGA:
REG VOTES: 72,036
ACC VOTES: 4,447
APC: 755
APGA: 1,908
PDP: 840
17:02 pm: Nnewi South LGA
REG VOTES: 89,357
ACC VOTES: 9,598
APC: 1,307
APGA: 3,243
PDP: 2,226
17:02 pm: Ekwusigo LGA
REG VOTES: 82,236
ACC VOTES: 6,864
APC: 1,237
APGA: 2,570
PDP: 1,857
16:40 pm: Idemili North LGA
REG VOTES: 210,689
ACC VOTES: 12,621
APC: 2,291
APGA: 5,358
PDP: 2,312
16:35 pm: Aguata LGA
REG VOTES: 144,766
ACC VOTES: 20,809
APC: 4,773
APGA: 9,136
PDP: 3,798
16:18 pm: Onitsha North LGA
REG VOTES: 158,804
ACC VOTES: 14, 806
APC: 3,909
APGA: 3,781
PDP: 5,587
16:00 pm: Ogbaru LGA
REG VOTES: 169053
ACC VOTES: 9117
APC: 1,178
APGA: 3,051
PDP: 3,445
14:20 pm: ORUMBA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTES- 74,690
ACC VOTES- 10,554
APC – 2,060
APGA -4,394
PDP – 1,672
YPP- 887
14:10 pm: NNEWI NORTH LGA
REG VOTES- 139,368
ACC VOTES- 13,751
APC- 1,278
APGA-3,369
PDP- 1,511
YPP- 6,485
14:00 pm: NJIKOKA LGA
REG VOTES- 103,715
ACC VOTES- 17,934
APC- 3,216
APGA-8,803
PDP- 3,409
YPP- 924
13:55 pm: ONITSHA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTES-156775
ACC VOTES-9406
APC – 2,050
APGA – 4,281
PDP – 2,253
YPP – 271
13:40 pm: IDEMILI SOUTH LG
REG VOTES- 11,2652
ACC VOTES- 6,622
APC- 1,039
APGA-2,312
PDP- 2,016
YPP-752
12:50 pm: ANAMBRA EAST LG
REG VOTES -98,426
ACC VOTES-14,419
APC- 2,034
APGA – 9,746
PDP- 1,380
YPP – 559
12:40 pm: ANAOCHA LGA
REG VOTES – 109,860
ACC VOTES-15,940
APC- 2,085
APGA- 6,911
PDP- 5,108
YPP- 868
12:30 pm: AYAMELUM -LGA
REG VOTES – 87,128
ACC VOTES – 9,754
APC – 2,409
APGA- 3,424
PDP- 2,804
YPP- 407
12:18 pm: OYI LGA
REG VOTES – 100,764
ACC VOTES -13,241
APC- 2,830
APGA- 6,133
PDP- 2,484
YPP- 900
12:10 pm: AWKA SOUTH LGA
REG VOTERS -176,812
ACC VOTERS -23,854
APC – 2,595
APGA- 12,891
PDP- 5,498
YPP- 919
12:00 pm: DUNUKOFIA LGA
COLLATION OFFICER -ALEXANDER TIMOTHY
REG VOTERS -74,855
ACC VOTERS -10,134
APC -1,991
APGA – 4,124
PDP -1,680
YPP- 1,360
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