The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (INEC), Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election.
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, announced the result at about 3:13 am on Sunday.
Oladiji, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, said Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes to win the election.
According to the returning officer, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oluwole Oluyede, scored 40,543 votes.
Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Party polled 12,872 votes. Oladiji said 384,940 voters were accredited for the election.
She added that the poll recorded 375,777 valid votes and 6,332 rejected votes.
See results below:
Moba LGA
ADC- 994
APC – 20,500
PDP – 1,572
Ekiti East
ADC- 1,730
APC – 26,359
PDP – 2,795
Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA
ADC- 511
APC – 29,278
PDP – 2,119
Ikole LGA
ADC- 812
APC – 26,508
PDP – 750
2:04 a.m.
Aiyekire (Gbonyin) LGA
