The Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has not released the results of 183 constituencies in seven states nine days after the March 18 elections for governorship and state assembly.
The results of some of the polls have been deemed inconclusive, and in some states, the commission is withholding them.
Additionally, governorship political race brings about Kebbi and Adamawa, two of the 28 states where the surveys were held have been proclaimed uncertain.
In the interim, the INEC has fixed April 15 for the gather information for two governorship, 11 Senate, 35 Place of Delegates and unnumbered state get together openings.
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Vanguard was informed by Malam Dahiru Jauro, the INEC Public Affairs Officer in Adamawa, that “the issue is being handled by the legal department and the man in charge is not on seat.” We will issue certificates of return to the winners by Wednesday, making the document (result) available on Tuesday.
“The Acting REC, Auwal Aliyu Kangiwa, just got the list of results today (yesterday), and we are planning to release it tomorrow (Tuesday),” an official stated in Sokoto.
“We are still waiting for the official Kaduna Assembly elections result,” a source said in Kaduna. We don’t know why it took so long.
With 421 slots, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, leads the race for state legislatures. In the race for the 993 seats in state houses of assembly, no fewer than eight parties have won 810 seats, with 421 slots going to the APC. 303 seats are held by the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, the main opposition party; the Labour Party, LP received 36; 22 members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance SDP, 10, Social Democratic Party as well as the Young Progressive Party, YPP 9. The remaining parties are the NNPP 8, and ADC 1, the African Democratic Congress
The results show that the APC won more seats in four zones—South-East, South-West, North-Central, and North-East—than the PDP did in one. In contrast, the PDP won more seats in South-South.
The APC secured 45 seats in the South-East, where three assembly polls have concluded, followed by the LP’s 32; PDP 25; YPP 6 and APGA 18
In the South-West, the APC won 86 seats, compared to 76 for the PDP and 2 for the LP, with one constituency remaining undecided.
With 111 slots, the PDP was in front in the South-South, while the APC had 35. While constituencies were inconclusive, YPP had two and LP had one.
Also, the APC got 100 seats in the North-Central, where four constituencies are up for election, while the PDP got 42. SDP-4, NNPP-2, YPP-1, LP-1, and ADC-1 are the other parties that declared themselves winners.
The APC received 61 seats in four of the six states in the Northeast, compared to 39 for the PDP, 3 for the NNPP, and 1 for the SDP.
What happened to parties in the states of South-East Abia: Anambra: LP 10, PDP 11, YPP 2, APC 1 Ebonyi: APGA 17, LP 8, YPP 3, and PDP 2 Enugu: APC 18, PDP 2, APGA 1, Inconclusive 2 Imo: PDP10, LP14 South-West Lagos: Inconclusive APC 26: Ekiti, APC 38, LP2: Ogun: APC 23, Inconclusive 1 Ondo: APC 16, PDP 1: Osun: PDP 22, APC 4: Oyo: PDP 25, APC 1: APC 4 South-South Akwa Ibom: PDP 28 Bayelsa: PDP 24, YPP 2, Inconclusive 1: Cross River: PDP 17, APC 4, APGA 2. PDP 5, APC 19, and LP1 Delta: Edo: PDP 22, APC 7 Rivers: PDP 12, APC 8, PDP 31, Uncertain 1
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Benue: Kogi, APC 21, PDP 10, LP1: Kwara: APC 22, PDP 2, and ADC 1 Nasarawa, APC 23, PDP 1, and Niger: APC11, PDP 8, SDP 3, and NNPP2 Plateau: APC 16, PDP 5, SDP 1, and Pending 4 PDP 16, APC 7, YPP 1, and Bauchi North-East: Borno: PDP 22, APC 6, NNPP 1 Gombe, APC 28: Taraba: APC 20, PDP 4: North-West Katsina: PDP13, APC 7, NNPP 2, SDP 1, and APGA 1 Kebbi: APC 32, PDP 1, invalid Zamfara: APC 13, PDP 1, Inconclusive 10: PDP 6, Other Kaduna not released: The Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, announced yesterday that all pending supplementary elections for governorship, national, and state assembly positions will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023. APC 4, others not released
Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner in Charge of the Information and Voter Education Committee for INEC, stated in a statement: “It would be recalled that 26 state governorship, 104 senatorial, 329 federal, and 935 state constituency elections have been concluded and winners declared,” the commission met on March 27, 2023, and reviewed the areas where supplementary elections are required to conclude the outstanding Governorship, National, and State Assembly elections across the country.
“Adamawa and Kebbi states, five senatorial districts, 31 federal and 58 State Assembly constituencies, and supplementary governorship elections will be held.” In some constituencies, supplementary elections will be held in just a few polling units due to the competitive nature of the elections, especially for legislative seats.
“On or before Wednesday, March 29, 2023, a comprehensive list of the polling units by State, Local Government, Registration Area, registered voters, and PVCs collected will be published on our website.
“In the meantime, the commission has decided to hold the supplementary elections nationwide on April 15, 2023, on Saturday.
We ask all political parties, candidates, and stakeholders to keep track of the dates and locations of the additional elections. For the subsequent elections, the earlier accreditation for polling and collation agents, observers, and the media continues.
“The commission urges political parties, candidates, and those who support them to view the event as an election rather than a war once more.
“They should avoid making incendiary statements and mobilizing in a negative way so that the elections can take place as scheduled.”