PDP defeats APC WITH 56,134 votes IN Ekiti State
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has won all 16 local government areas in Ekiti in Saturday’s Presidential Election. The results of the election announced at the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday showed the opposition All Progressive Congress coming a respectable second.
Though it lost in every local government area, LGA, it put up a better showing than it did nine months ago during the state gubernatorial election in terms of the percentage of the total votes it got. The APC trailed the PDP with 56,134 votes in the presidential election.
Following the frontal and often controversial role played by the Governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, in the campaign for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, Ekiti State was listed among the potential flashpoints in the election. However, the election was generally peaceful across the state as voters went about exercising their civil responsibility with minimal intimidation or violence.
In contrast to the lull in the town on the eve of the election, turnout for the poll was impressive. Election materials arrived polling units on time and there were minimal cases of card reader failure.
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