The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Governor-elect of Osun state after defeating the incumbent Governor, and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adegboyega Oyetola, by over twenty thousand (20,000) votes. Oyetola was able to gather at least 46% of the total vote cast, but victories in 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) within the state sealed it up for Adeleke.
According to the result declared by INEC, PDP obtained the highest number of votes in 17 of the 30 LGAs resulting in 403, 371 votes, while Gov. Gboyega Oyetola won in 13 Local Government Areas, totalling 375, 027 votes.
The two major contenders were able to rake up 96% of the total votes, Adeleke 50%, Oyetola 46%, while, the other 11 other candidates including Akin Ogunbiyi of the Accord Party, Goke Omigbodun of the Social Democratic Party, and the former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, who contested under the platform of Labour Party, accounted for the remaining 4% votes.
Breakdown of the collated results for the 30 LGAs below:
Ife East LG
APC – 19,353
PDP – 18,071
Ife South LG
APC – 12,481
PDP – 9,116
Atakunmosa East LG
APC – 7,449
PDP – 6,992
Irewole LG
APC – 18,198
PDP – 14,216
Egbedore LG
APC – 9,228
PDP – 13,230
Ede North LG
APC – 9,603
PDP – 23,931
Ejigbo LG
APC – 14,355
PDP – 18,065
Isokan LG
APC – 10,833
PDP – 10,777
Ede South LGA
APC – 5,704
PDP – 19,438
Iwo LGA
APC – 17,421
PDP – 16,914
Ola Oluwa LGA
APC – 9,123
PDP – 7,205
Aiyedaade LG
APC – 14,527
PDP – 13,380
Ori Ade LG
APC – 14,189
PDP – 15,947
Irepodun LG
APC – 12,122
PDP – 14,369
Ife Central LG
APC – 17,880
PDP – 13,532
Ifedayo LG
APC – 5,016
PDP – 4,730
Ife North LG
APC – 9,964
PDP – 10,359
Olorunda LG
APC – 18,709
PDP – 21,350
Orolu LG
APC – 9,928
PDP – 10,282
Obokun LG
APC – 9,727
PDP – 13,575
Boripe LG
APC – 21,205
PDP – 7,595
Odo Otin LG
APC – 13,482
PDP – 14,003
Aiyedire LG
APC – 7,868
PDP – 7,402
Ilesha West LG
APC – 10,777
PDP – 13,769
Ifelodun LG
APC – 16,068
PDP – 17,107
Atakunmosa West LG
APC – 6,601
PDP – 7,750
Ila LG
APC – 11,163
PDP – 13,036
Osogbo LG
APC – 22,952
PDP – 30,401
Ilesha East LG
APC – 13,452
PDP – 10,969
Boluwaduro LG
APC – 5,649
PDP – 5,869
