How Ademola Adeleke Won Osun Bye Election
Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party has been officially declared winner of the Osun West Senatorial bye election.
The chief returning officer Professor Olaide Lawal of Oye Ekiti University said Adeleke PDP polled 97,480 votes, while Mudashiru Hussain of the All Progressives Congress polled 66,116 votes.
The official result declared at Baptist High School Iwo, showed the PDP candidate winning by large margin in the two local councils in his Ede home town, while only losing in Ejigbo LG, the base of his opponent, Hussain.
Adeleke also won in the remaining seven local councils including Isokan, Ayedaade and Egbemode.
Here are the results of the 10 local councils where voting was held on Saturday in the election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission:
AYEDIRE
APC: 5360
PDP: 5,789
EDE NORTH:
APC: 2784
PDP: 18,559
EDE SOUTH:
APC: 2096
PDP: 13,406
EJIGBO:
APC:12,229
PDP: 9,723
IWO:
APC: 12,205
PDP: 12,547
IREWOLE:
APC: 8,952
PDP: 9096
OLA-OLUWA:
APC: 5,316
PDP: 5,618
EGBEDORE:
APC: 4,768
PDP: 7,142
AYEDAADE:
APC: 7,179
PDP: 9,061
ISOKAN:
APC: 5,227
PDP: 6,539
TOTAL RESULT
PDP: 97,480
APC: 66,116
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MARGIN: 31,364
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The seat became vacant following the death on 23 April of Adeleke’s brother, Isiaka, a member of the APC.
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