The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the gubernatorial election in Plateau State inconclusive.<\/p>\n
The Returning Officer, Prof. Richard Anande, said the election was declared inconclusive because the difference between the two major contenders, APC and PDP was less than the votes cancelled.<\/p>\n
Anande said the incumbent Governor and APC candidate Simon Lalong got 583, 255 votes, while his closest rival and candidate of the main opposition PDP, Senator Jeremiah Useni, got 538, 326 votes.<\/p>\n
According to him, because the difference between the two major contenders is 44, 929 is less than the cancelled votes of 49, 347, that\u2019s why a winner cannot be declared.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis according to section 179 subsection 2, of the 1999 constitution as amended.<\/p>\n
He said the aforementioned cancelled votes were in Barkin Ladi (570), Bassa (3000), Bokkos (5, 314), Jos North (4, 152), Kanam (2, 627), Langtang South (5, 501), Mangu (26, 135), Pankshin (1, 144) and Shendam LGAs (851).<\/p>\n
Below are the results according to Local Governments:<\/p>\n
Bokkos LGA
\nAPC \u2013 26, 219
\nPDP \u2013 25, 363<\/p>\n
2. Jos East LGA
\nAPC \u2013 18, 602
\nPDP \u2013 7, 994<\/p>\n
3. Kanke LGA
\nAPC \u2013 23, 360
\nPDP \u2013 22, 831<\/p>\n
4. Langtang North LGA
\nAPC \u2013 18, 979
\nPDP \u2013 40, 519<\/p>\n
5. Barkin Ladi LGA
\nAPC \u2013 17, 039
\nPDP \u2013 44, 233<\/p>\n
6. Bassa
\nAPC \u2013 29, 401
\nPDP \u2013 32, 363<\/p>\n
7. Mikang LGA
\nAPC \u2013 15, 150
\nPDP \u2013 11, 703<\/p>\n
8. Langtang South
\nAPC \u2013 13, 495
\nPDP \u2013 17, 644<\/p>\n
9. Pankshin
\nAPC \u2013 35, 769
\nPDP \u2013 24, 788<\/p>\n
10. Kanam
\nAPC \u2013 54, 394
\nPDP \u2013 21, 956<\/p>\n
11. JOS SOUTH
\nAPC 33, 075
\nPDP 91, 846<\/p>\n
12. Jos North
\nAPC 108, 887
\nPDP 67, 113<\/p>\n
13. Riyom
\nAPC 12, 720
\nPDP 24, 017<\/p>\n
14. Mangu
\nAPC 44, 964
\nPDP 40, 035<\/p>\n
15. Shendam
\nAPC 61, 646
\nPDP 17, 035<\/p>\n
16. Wase
\nAPC 37, 593
\nPDP 27, 465<\/p>\n
17. Quaan Pan
\nAPC 31, 962
\nPDP 20, 939.<\/p>\n
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the gubernatorial election in Plateau State inconclusive. The Returning Officer, Prof. Richard Anande, said the election was declared inconclusive because the difference between the two major contenders, APC and PDP was less than the votes cancelled. Anande said the incumbent Governor and APC candidate Simon Lalong got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":5421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,127,251,65],"class_list":["post-6245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-candidates","tag-inec","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\n