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Edo Decides 2020 results: INEC to announce Obaseki as winner
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is about to announce Governor Godwin Obaseki, because the winner of Saturday’s Edo governorship election.
According to the results from 17 Local government Areas confirmed by INEC thus far , the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate is leading with over 82,000 votes.
As it stands after results from 17 LGAs:
Ize-Iyamu/APC: 212,983
Obaseki/PDP: 295,296
As of the time of filing this report, there’s just one government area left to collate.
However, the entire number of voters in Ovia South-West is 73,909.
This is lesser than the margin between Obaseki and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is his closest rival.
| LGA | APC | PDP |
| AKOKO EDO | 22,963 | 20,101 |
| ESAN SOUTH EAST | 9,237 | 10,565 |
| IGUEBEN | 5,199 | 7,870 |
| ESAN WEST | 7,189 | 17,434 |
| EGOR | 10,202 | 27,621 |
| ETSAKO CENTRAL | 8,359 | 7,478 |
| OWAN WEST | 11,193 | 11,485 |
| ORHIONMWON | 10,458 | 13,445 |
| IKPOBA/OKHA | 18,218 | 41,030 |
| OWAN EAST | 19,295 | 14,762 |
| UHUNMWODE | 5,972 | 10,022 |
| ETSAKO WEST | 26,140 | 17,959 |
| ESAN CENTRAL | 6,719 | 10,694 |
| NORTH EAST"}”>OVIA NORTH EAST | 9,907 | 16,987 |
| ESAN NORTH EAST | 6,559 | 13,579 |
| OREDO | 18,365 | 43,498 |
| ETSAKO EAST | 17,011 | 10,668 |
| OVIA SOUTH WEST | 10,636 | 12,659 |
| Total | 223,622 | 307,857 |
