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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has been declared winner of the march 18, 2023 elections.

Making the declaration Monday afternoon in the press hall of the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) office in Asaba, the Governorship Election Returning Officer and Vice chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Owunari Georgewill who made the declaration said Rt. Hon. Oborevwori polled a total of 360,234 votes to emerge winner of the election.

His closest rival, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 240,229 to take the second place and Labour Party’s (LP) Ken Pela polled a total of 48,047 for the third position.

By this result, PDP’s candidate, Sheriff Oborevwori established his popularity and exposed APC’s Ovie Omo-Agege as unacceptable to the majority of voters in the state.

While Oborevwori won overwhelmingly in 21 local governments of the 25 local government areas of the state, the for local governments won by Omo-Agege are in his core areas of Udu LGA, Uvwie LGA,Ughelli South and Ughelli North, thereby confirming beliefs expressed in quarters in the state that he is and ethnic bigot.

On the other hand, Oborevwori,s scores at the polls saw him winning convincingly in all the local government  areas across all the 15 local government areas of the state thereby establishing himself and confirming the people’s choice of him as a pan-Delta leader.

Following is local government by local government details of the result as obtained by the first three political parties.

DELTA STATE 2023 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS

Patani LGA

APC – 4,743

LP – 85

PDP – 6,069

 

Ika South LGA

APC – 6,790

LP – 4,495

PDP – 15,883

 

Ika North East LGA

APC – 4,733

LP – 1,990

PDP – 26,760

 

Bomadi LGA

APC – 4,728

LP – 100

PDP – 12,340

 

Aniocha North LGA

APC 4,386

LP – 1,883

PDP – 8,938

 

Udu LGA

APC – 13,769

LP – 1,886

PDP – 9,746

 

Uvwie LGA

APC – 12,389

LP – 6,340

PDP – 9,776

 

Okpe LGA

APC – 8,679

LP – 1,155

PDP  – 14,544

Aniocha South LGA

APC – 4,623

LP – 5,107

PDP – 10,032

 

Ethiope East LGA

APC – 11,600

APGA – 2,214

PDP – 13,030

 

Oshimili North LGA

APC – 5,327

LP – 2,983

PDP 35,966

 

Warri South LGA

APC – 11,569

LP – 3,743

PDP – 15,299

 

Oshimili South LGA

APC – 4,763

LP – 10,148

PDP – 23,149

 

Isoko North LGA

APC – 10,811

LP – 894

PDP – 15,899

 

Ughelli South LGA

APC – 15,620

PDP – 15,513

SDP – 2,268

 

Ethiope West LGA

APC – 6,758

LP – 304

PDP – 7,065

 

Sapele LGA

APC – 12,090

LP – 1,458

 

Ughelli North

APC – 34,955

LP – 1,438

PDP – 15,198

 

Ukwuani LGA

APC – 7,591

LP – 791

PDP – 14,640

 

Warri North LGA

APC – 4,165

LP – 205

PDP – 10,367

 

 

Isoko South LGA

APC – 15,954

LP – 492

PDP – 19,963

 

Burutu LGA

APC – 11,736

LP – 123

PDP – 12,641

 

Ndokwa West LGA

APC 10,252

LP – 935

PDP – 15,539

 

Warri South-West LGA

APC – 3,770

LP – 140

PDP – 7,114

 

Ndokwa East LGA

APC – 9,044

LP – 251

PDP – 10,146