Full List: How APC, PDP Stand After Edo Governorship Election Results

Full List: How APC, PDP Stand After Edo Governorship Election Results

  • The APC governorship candidate in the Edo gubernatorial election, Monday Okpebholo, has been declared the winner of the poll by INEC
  • Following the declaration, the APC control states have been increased while that of the PDP logically reduced by one
  • The full list of states under the control of other political parties, including the Labour Party, NNPP and APGA, has also been compiled

Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner of the just concluded Edo state governorship election, which was held on Saturday, September 21.

Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the electoral umpire subsequently handed the APC flagbearer the certificate of return.

The APC controlled states have increased to 21 following its victory at the just concluded Edo state governorship election.
States under APC, PDP after Edo governorship election Photo Credit: @aclandoli, @FrancisAdeboye
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According to INEC, the APC candidate polled 291,667 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, came second with 247,274 votes. Meanwhile, Labour Party's Olumide Akpata emerged third with 22,763 votes.

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According to the election result announced by INEC and monitored by Legit.ng, the APC won eleven local government areas in the state, while the PDP won seven of the councils.

The PDP, which won 28 governorship seats at its height in 1999, boasted of controlling the country for 60 unbroken years, but losing Edo state has reduced the leading opposition states to 12 once Okpebholo is sworn in on November 12, 2024.

On the other hand, the APC will not control 21 states. The party is getting closer to its best outing in 2015 when it controlled 22 states after the general elections.

Below is how the PDP and the APC now stand in terms of the state under their control following the outcome of the Edo state governorship election.

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Below is the list of states controlled by the APC

  1. Benue
  2. Borno
  3. Cross River
  4. Ebonyi
  5. Edo
  6. Ekiti
  7. Gombe
  8. Imo
  9. Jigawa
  10. Kaduna
  11. Katsina
  12. Kebbi
  13. Kogi
  14. Kwara
  15. Lagos
  16. Nasarawa
  17. Niger
  18. Ogun
  19. Ondo
  20. Sokoto
  21. Yobe

List of states controlled by the PDP

  1. Adamawa
  2. Akwa Ibom
  3. Bauchi
  4. Bayelsa
  5. Delta
  6. Enugu
  7. Osun
  8. Oyo
  9. Rivers
  10. Plateau
  11. Taraba
  12. Zamfara

States control by Labour Party, NNPP and APGA

Abia, Kano, and Anambra are other states controlled by the Labour Party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), respectively.

However, an off-cycle governorship election will soon be held in Anambra, where the APC and PDP have been gearing up to take over the state from the APGA.

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Source: Legit.ng

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