2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State

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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Imo State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Imo State. Rochas Okorocha representing Imo West and Frank Ibezim representing Imo North won on the platform of All Progressives Congress, while Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa representing Imo East won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.

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Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
PDP APC
Before Election123
After Election123

Summary

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
Imo West Hope Uzodinma APC Rochas Okorocha APC
Imo East Samuel Anyanwu PDP Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa PDP
Imo North Benjamin Uwajumogu APC Benjamin Uwajumogu APC

Results

Imo South

A total of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Rochas Okorocha won the election, defeating APC candidate Victor Onyerari and 35 other party candidates. Okorocha scored 92,622 votes, while PDP candidate, Onyerari scored 63,117 votes.

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Imo South
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Rochas Okorocha 92,622 47.60
PDP Victor Onyerari63,11732.44
APGA Osita Izunaso 30,92315.89
Others
Total votes194,572 100%
APC hold

Imo East

A total of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa won the election, defeating APC candidate Emmanuel Umunakwe and 35 other party candidates. Ezenwa pulled 146,647 votes, while APC candidate Umunakwe scored 33,729.

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Imo East
PartyCandidateVotes%
PDP Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa 188,526 68.81
APC Emmanuel Umunakwe33,72915.83
APGA Mike Nwachukwu18,8548.85
Others
Total votes213,113 100%
PDP hold

Imo North

APC candidate Benjamin Uwajumogu won the election, defeating PDP candidate Hon. Patrick Ndubueze. [1] [2] [3]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Imo North
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Benjamin Uwajumogu
PDP Patrick Ndubueze
Others
Total votes100%
APC hold

2020 Bye election

A bye election was held on 5 December 2020 in the Imo North Senatorial District due to a vacancy following the demise of Benjamin Uwajumogu. Frank Ibezim of APC contested against Emmanuel Okewulonu of PDP and 12 other part candidates. [4] [5] [6] They totalled 36,811 and 31,903 votes respectively. [7] [8] Ibezim was declared the winner by INEC. [9] [10] [11]

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