The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee has declared two members of the Younger Progressives Occasion, Peter Uzokwe from Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency and Chinwe Nnabuife from Orumba North and South Federal Constituency, as winners of the repeat election held on Saturday in Anambra State had been maintained.
The INEC official, Prof. Charles Nweke, on Sunday declared each candidates winners of their respective constituencies on the INEC workplace within the Nnewi North Native Authorities Secretariat.
Whereas saying the winners, Nweke introduced that the YPP candidate, Uzokwe, had collected 25,518 votes to emerge because the winner, whereas the present member representing the Federal Constituency and the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate, Uchenna Elodimuo , scored 25,412 votes.
The evaluation of the outcomes after the replay confirmed that the YPP candidate gained in Otolo Ward 1, Otolo Ward 2, Otolo Ward 3, Uruagu Ward 1, Uruagu Ward 2, Umudim Ward 1, Umudim Ward 2, in addition to in Nnewichi Ward 1 and Nnewichi Ward 2, whereas the APGA candidate solely gained in Uruagu Ward 3.
An additional breakdown of the leads to the three native authorities areas of the federal constituency confirmed that the YPP candidate gained the election after defeating the APGA candidate in Nnewi North Native Authorities Space with 17,112 votes, whereas APGA polled 8,750 votes within the native authorities.
Nevertheless, the APGA candidate gained within the Nnewi South and Ekwusigo native authorities areas however the votes from the 2 native authorities areas couldn’t override the votes of the YPP candidate in Nnewi North and consequently didn’t win the seat for the APGA candidate to be saved within the inexperienced room.
Chatting with journalists after the declaration, the winners, Uzokwe and Elodimuo, appreciated the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, for his help.
On his half, Ubah thanked President Bola Tinubu and INEC for the peaceable conduct of the elections, describing them as fierce and honest.
He additionally appreciated the safety providers for the favorable environment in the course of the replay.
In the meantime, Nnabuife of the YPP, who was formally declared winner once more by INEC on Saturday because the member representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency on the INEC workplace in Orumba, counseled the peaceable conduct of the ballot and in addition thanked the members of her constituency. for the help she obtained.
She known as the victory a “new daybreak and a turnaround of Orumba's fortunes for good illustration.”
The repeat election was held at 5 polling stations in Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituencies to find out the winner of Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituencies.
The re-election additionally befell at 16 polling stations in Nanka in Orumba North Native Authorities Space to find out the winner of Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency.
The whole variety of registered voters on the affected polling stations in Nnewi North stands at 97,438 whereas in Orumba North that stands at 161,914 voters.
