2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election

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2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dave Umahi Sonni Ogbuoji
Party PDP APC
Running mate Eric Kelechi Igwe Bernard Odoh
Popular vote393,04381,703
Percentage81.54%16.95%
Governor before election

Dave Umahi
PDP

Elected Governor

Dave Umahi
PDP

The 2019 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Dave Umahi won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Sonni Ogbuoji and several minor party candidates. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Dave Umahi emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate unopposed. [6] [7] He picked Eric Kelechi Igwe as his running mate. [8] [9] Sonni Ogbuoji was the APC candidate with Justin Mbam Ogodo as his running mate. [10] [11] [12] 37 candidates contested in the election. [13]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Candidates

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on September 30, 2018. [18] [19] [20] Sonni Ogbuoji won the primary election polling 785 votes against 8 other candidates. [21] [22] [23] His closest rival was Bernard Odoh, the immediate past secretary to the state government of Ebonyi, who came second with 519 votes. Edward Nkwegu came third with 395 votes. [24] [25] [26] [27]

Candidates

Results

A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [13]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,432,528, while 497,291 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 493,002, while number of valid votes was 482,018. Rejected votes were 10,984. [28] [29] [30] [31]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dave Umahi People's Democratic Party 393,04381.54
Sonni Ogbuoji All Progressives Congress 81,70316.95
Other candidates7,2721.51
Total482,018100.00
Valid votes482,01897.77
Invalid/blank votes10,9842.23
Total votes493,002100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,432,52834.41
Source: Independent Newspapers Nigeria

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 482,018 represents the 37 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Dave Umahi. Blue represents LGAs won by Sonni Ogbuoji. [30] [32]

LGADave Umahi

PDP

Sonni Ogbuoji

APC

Total votes
#%#%#
Onicha 52,8512,497
Ohaozara 48,2561,004
Ikwo 37,94711,475
Izzi 34,19913,430
Ohaukwu 30,6069,943
Afikpo South 27,7209,275
Ezza South 27,5833,245
Ishielu 26,7003,105
Abakaliki 26,8099,815
Ebonyi 25,8305,951
Afikpo North 21,2457,446
Ivo 19,1662,055
Ezza North 14,1812,482
Totals393,04381,703482,018

References

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  13. 1 2 "Ebonyi State Governorship Election, 2019 Results of Election" (PDF). INEC. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Tension in parties as more governorship candidates emerge". The Nation Newspaper. October 1, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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  25. ↑ Obichie, Buchi (October 2, 2018). "Ebonyi APC selects senator as party's governorship candidate for 2019". Legit.ng. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  26. ↑ "2019: Prof. Odoh rejects APC governorship primary result". Vanguard News. October 3, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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  29. ↑ "Harrowing tales of how Ebonyi guber was won and lost". The Guardian Nigeria News. March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  30. 1 2 "Umahi's PDP Wins in All 13 LGs in Ebonyi Guber Poll". thisdaylive.com. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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  32. ↑ Okunloye, Busayo (March 10, 2019). "Ebonyi State: See Governorship Election Results From All Thirteen LGs". Naija News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
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