As results from the Osun governorship election emerge from polling units across the state’s 30 local government areas, real-time updates have been provided below.
A total of 2,339,233 registered voters are eligible to vote in the election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting across 3,763 polling units. Officials will collate results at the ward and local government levels before the returning officer declares the final winner in Osogbo.
INEC uploads 3,119 of 3,763 Osun election results
Eighty-four percent of the expected results from the Osun State governorship election have been uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing portal.
As of 8:06 p.m., the portal showed 3,119 polling unit results (82.89 percent) uploaded out of 3,763, an increase from 2,897 results (76.99 percent) roughly 45 minutes prior.
The most recent upload occurred at 8:00:34 p.m. on Saturday from Polling Unit 29/11/11/009 in Ife North Local Government Area, as collation progressed across the state’s 30 local government areas.
According to PUNCHONLINE, voters and election observers are closely monitoring Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party as he seeks re-election against Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress and other candidates on the IReV platform.
INEC introduced the platform to improve transparency in result collation by allowing the public to view polling unit results in real time. Users could refresh the portal to access the latest uploads, while the commission’s Result Stats section displayed updated figures as polling units submitted their results.
Adeleke Leading in Osun Governorship Election
According to a recent DAILY POST investigation, INEC has uploaded results from at least 24 of Osun State’s 30 Local Government Areas.
The APC has won eight LGAs, while the Accord Party has secured the remaining 16. Governor Ademola Adeleke currently leads the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, with 347,730 votes against Oyebamiji’s 283,653 votes.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) trails in third place with 13,143 votes.
Officials are still collating results across the state, with the final result expected late Saturday or early Sunday.
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