2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Delta State

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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Delta State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Delta State. James Manager Ebiowou representing Delta North, Nwaoboshi Peter Onyeluka representing Delta South both won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party, while Ovie Omo-Agege representing Delta Central won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
APC PDP
Before Election123
After Election123

Summary

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
Delta South James Manager PDP James Manager PDP
Delta Central Ovie Omo-Agege APC Ovie Omo-Agege APC
Delta North Peter Nwaoboshi PDP Peter Nwaoboshi PDP

Results

Delta South

A total of 25 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate James Manager won the election, defeating APC candidate Emmanuel Uduaghan and 23 other party candidates. Manager received 66.15% of the votes, while Uduaghan received 32.27% [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Delta State
PartyCandidateVotes%
PDP James Manager 257,812 66.15%
APC Emmanuel Uduaghan 125,75232.27%
Others6,1771.58%
Total votes389,741 100%
PDP hold

Delta Central

A total of 18 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Ovie Omo-Agege won the election, defeating PDP candidate Evelyn Omavowan Oboro and 16 other party candidates. Omo-Agege received 51.34% of the votes, while Oboro received 45.94% [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Delta State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Ovie Omo-Agege 111,100 51.34%
PDP Evelyn Omavowan Oboro 99,42245.94%
Others5,8962.72%
Total votes216,418 100%
APC hold

Delta North

A total of 25 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Peter Nwaoboshi won the election, defeating APC candidate Doris Uboh and 23 other party candidates. Nwaoboshi received 82.23% of the votes, while Uboh received 16.03% [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Delta State
PartyCandidateVotes%
PDP Peter Nwaoboshi 186,423 82.23%
APC Doris Uboh36,35016.03%
Others3,9431.74%
Total votes226,716 100%
PDP hold

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