2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election

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2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Olusegun Mimiko Olusola Oke
Party LP PDP
Running mate Ali Olanusi
Popular vote260,199155,961
Percentage43.79%26.25%
Governor before election

Olusegun Mimiko
LP

Elected Governor

Olusegun Mimiko
LP

The 2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on October 20, 2012. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Incumbent governor, LP's Olusegun Mimiko won election for a second term, defeating other party candidates. Mimiko received 43.79% of the total vote and won in 13 of the state's 18 LGAs, closely followed by PDP's Olusola Oke who won in two LGAs with 26.25% of total votes, while the ACN candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, who won in three LGAs came third with 24.15% of the votes. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Mimiko becomes the first Incumbent governor of Ondo State to be re-elected. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Contents

Olusegun Mimiko was the LP nominee at the primary election. His running mate was Ali Olanusi. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Electoral system

The Governor of Ondo State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Results

A total of 13 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. [28] LP candidate Olusegun Mimiko won the election for a second term, defeating other party candidates. Mimiko received 43.79% of the votes, defeating PDP candidate, Olusola Oke with 26.25% [6] [29] and ACN candidate Rotimi Akeredolu with 24.15%. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

The total number of registered voters was 1,638,950, while the accredited voters were 645,597. The total votes cast was 624,659, of which 594,244 were valid votes and 30,415 were invalid votes. From across the 18 LGAs, 49.80% of the voters were male, while 50.20% were female. [28] [37] [38] [39]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko Labour Party (Nigeria) (LP)260,19943.79
Olusola Alex Oke People's Democratic Party 155,96126.25
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)143,51224.15
Victor O. AdetusinPDC21,3613.59
Ola G. FestusBetter Nigeria People's Party (BNPP)2,9490.50
Ehinlawo Olusola Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)1,9310.32
Adeuti S. TaiyoACPN1,8060.30
Omoregha O. KrisPPA1,6510.28
Ade Bolarinwa All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)1,4610.25
Abikanlu J. OlusolaNSDP1,1030.19
Oladapo B. LawrenceNCP8230.14
Ola T. AdegoroyeAPS7510.13
Omoyele A. OlorinmigaCAP7350.12
Total594,243100.00
Valid votes594,24395.13
Invalid/blank votes30,4154.87
Total votes624,658100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,638,59738.12
Source: Vanguard, [6] Daily Post, [28] Channels TV [40]

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. 13 political parties participated in the election. Yellow represents LGAs won by Olusegun Mimiko. Green represents LGAs won by Oke. [37] [28] [41] [42] [43]

LGAOlusegun Mimiko

LP

Olusola Oke

PDP

Total Votes
#%#%#
Akoko North East 12,1536,847
Akoko North West 11,6757,847
Akoko South East 6,3163,425
Akoko South West 11,83312,331
Akure North 10,8574,916
Akure South 49,91512,467
Ese Odo 9,1377,295
Idanre 15,9905,923
Ifedore 11,0623,978
Okitipupa 11,96821,024
Ilaje 8,53819,281
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo 11,9456,521
Irele 9,4359,341
Odigbo 13,74812,272
Ondo East 8,4043,933
Ondo West 41,2806,669
Ose 11,0716,058
Owo 14,8705,826
Totals260,197155,961

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