By Seyi Babalola
According to the results announced by INEC in the early hours of Sunday, Soludo won by a landslide in the 21 local government areas of the South-East state.
Edoba declared Soludo as the winner of the exercise after the collation of results from the local government areas of the state where the election was held.
He said: “I hereby declare that Soludo Chukwuma Charles of the APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Edoba told a gathering at the state headquarters of INEC in Awka, the state capital, where the election results were collated.
Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), secured 422,664 votes to beat his closest rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 99,445 votes.
Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came third with 37,753 votes, while John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 8,208 votes.
George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP) and Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 10,576 votes and 1,401 votes, respectively.
Shortly after the results were announced, party agents present signed the result sheet.
The full results
Ihiala LGA
APC: 4,425
APGA: 23,557
LP: 135
Anambra West LGA
APC: 16,595
APGA: 71,365
YPP: 2,871
ADC: 152
Dunukofia LGA
APGA: 14,892
APC: 3,284
LP: 71
ADC: 232
PDP: 16
Njikoka LGA
APGA: 22,213
APC: 5,687
ADC: 236
LP: 311
PDP: 47
YPP: 1,661
Awka North LGA
APGA: 15,895
APC: 3,661
LP: 299
ADC: 815
YPP: 308
Aguata LGA
APGA: 35,559
APC: 4,125
LP: 124
YPP: 2,746
ADC: 36
Orumba South LGA
APGA: 19,818
APC: 2,828
LP: 16
YPP: 877
ADC: 361
Orumba North LGA
APGA: 24,664
APC: 2,615
LP: 131
YPP: 1,519
ADC: 115
Oyi LGA
APGA: 18,882
APC: 5,118
LP: 3,641
YPP: 2,093
ADC: 167
Anambra East LGA
APGA: 14,665
APC: 3,108
LP: 304
YPP: 6,153
PDP: 207
Anyamelum LGA
APGA: 13,340
APC: 7,478
LP: 117
YPP: 2,500
ADC: 470
Nnewi North LGA
APGA: 20,320
APC: 541
LP: 1,140
YPP: 1,100
ADC: 553
Nnewi South LGA
APGA: 17,286
APC: 9,281
LP: 73
YPP: 562
ADC: 127
Ogbaru LGA
APGA: 22,803
APC: 3,768
LP: 347
YPP: 2,268
ADC: 465
Onitsha North LGA
APGA: 24,225
APC: 4,677
LP: 500
YPP: 2,419
ADC: 514
Onitsha South LGA
APGA: 15,742
APC: 4,156
LP: 615
YPP: 638
ADC: 231
Anaocha LGA
APGA: 20,118
APC: 5,956
LP: 483
YPP: 1,223
ADC: 255
Idemili North LGA
APGA: 25,498
APC: 638
LP: 1,275
YPP: 613
ADC: 722
Idemili South LGA
APGA: 7,224
APC: 6,015
LP: 276
YPP: 476
ADC: 213
Ekwusigo LGA
APGA: 18,749
APC: 2,973
LP: 194
YPP: 915
ADC: 261
Awka South LGA
APGA: 27,896
APC: 5,038
LP: 520
YPP: 1,201
ADC: 1,726
