Labour Party In Early Leads As INEC Releases Rivers Governorship Election Results (Live Updates)
2023 governorship election, thousands of candidates are competing for 993 State House of Assembly seats. This data is according to statistics by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire.
Labour Party is leading as Rivers State Governorship Election Results begin to trickle in, follow Live Updates here.
Ejes Gist News reports that the 2023 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections were held across Nigeria, West African State on Saturday, 18 March 2023. The Governorship election took place in 28 States across the nation with just a few incumbent Governors seeking re-election while most of the States will be electing new Chief Executive Officers.
Ejes Gist News understands that apart from the 2023 governorship election, thousands of candidates are competing for 993 State House of Assembly seats. This data is according to statistics by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire.
The 28 states where governorship elections will hold on March 18, 2023, in alphabetical order, are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara.
Ejes Gist News reports that the electoral umpire deployed the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for Nigeria Election 2023. The BVAS and IReV are new technologies introduced by the electoral body for the accreditation and electronic transmission of votes for this year’s polls.
2023 Rivers State Governorship Election Results
Here are some of the results from Polling Units:
Rivers State Election
Obio/Akpor LGA, Rumuodomaya Ward 3A, PU 029
Governorship
Accord – 01
SDP – 03
APC -09
PDP – 09
LP – 45
Ward 12, Unit 031, Owhor community hall, Rumuomoi, governorship/Assembly:
Governorship:
LP- 13
APC- 13
PDP- 10
SDP- 4
Accord- 2
ADP- 1
LGA:- Obio/Akpor
Reg Area:- 02 Rumuodara
Polling Unit:- 018 Wale Estate open space Mgbesilaru II
Results
Accord- 3 votes
APC- 16 votes
PDP- 1 Votes
SDP – 5 votes
Labour Party:- 37
Polling Unit (034), IGBO 1, Etche LGA Rivers State
Registered Voters: 236
Accredited voters: 65
Total votes cast: 65
Governorship:
LP: – 55
SDP – 5
APC – 3
PDP – 2.
