{"id":83469,"date":"2023-02-28T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-declares-lp-winner-of-presidential-election-in-anambra"},"modified":"2023-02-28T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:22:26","slug":"inec-declares-lp-winner-of-presidential-election-in-anambra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-declares-lp-winner-of-presidential-election-in-anambra","title":{"rendered":"INEC declares LP winner of presidential election in Anambra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the winner of Saturday\u2019s Presidential election in Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Obi swept all the 21 local government areas in the state by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Nnenna Otti, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) who worked as the Anambra State collation officer announced the result at exactly 12:50 pm.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThe total number of registered voters is 2,536,156 and accredited voters were 628,590.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the exercise, parties scored the following votes;<\/p>\n<p>A \u2013 343<\/p>\n<p>AA \u2013 108<\/p>\n<p>AAC \u2013 1012<\/p>\n<p>ADC \u2013 208<\/p>\n<p>ADP \u2013 299<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 5,111<\/p>\n<p>APGA \u2013 7,388<\/p>\n<p>APM \u2013 325<\/p>\n<p>APD \u2013 148<\/p>\n<p>BP \u2013 514<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 584,621<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 1,967<\/p>\n<p>NRM \u2013 118<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 9,036<\/p>\n<p>PRP \u2013 62<\/p>\n<p>SDP \u2013 84<\/p>\n<p>YPP \u2013 1997<\/p>\n<p>ZLP -1,420\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anambra State had a total valid vote of 613,861. Void votes were 10,751 and the total votes cast were 624,612.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, the collation officer and the Resident Electoral Commission of INEC in Anambra State, Dr Elizabeth Agwu have left for the national collation centre in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the winner of Saturday\u2019s Presidential election in Anambra State. Obi swept all the 21 local government areas in the state by a wide margin. 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