SIXTEEN candidates will be jostling for the governorship seat at the June 18 gubernatorial election in Ekiti state, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has shown.
Out of the 16 candidates vying for the governorship seat, 14 of them are male while two are female.
Below is the full list:
| PARTY | GOVERNOR | DEPUTY |
| Reuben Boye Famuyibo | Olumide Ezekiel Falana |
| 2. AAC | Ajagunigbala Moses Olajide | Oludele Oluwabunmi |
| 3. ADC | Oluwole Olumayokun Oluyede | Popoola Hidiat Simbo |
| 4. ADP | Elebute-Halle Josephine Kemi | Afuye Idowu Sunday |
| 5. APC | Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji | Afuye Monisade |
| 6. APGA | Benjamin Olufemi Obidoyin | Oluwafemi Anthony Faeji |
| 7. APM | Fagbemi Peter Adegbenro | Akinyeye Oluwatosin Eunice |
| 8. APP | Christiana Modupe Olatawura | Ibukun Solomon Owolabi |
| 9. LP | Daramola Rowland Olugbenga | Onile Ibrahim Yusuf |
| 10. NNPP | Fatomilola Oladosu Abiodun | Ade-Ajayi Oluwatoyin Hannah |
| 11. NRM | Iyaniwura Tope Ifedayo | Arowolo Kayode Williams |
| 12. PDP | Olabisi Kolawole | Kolapo Olugbenga Kolade |
| 13. PRP | Agboola Olaniyi Ben | Ogidan Tolulope Oluwatoyin |
| 14. SDP | Olusegun Adebayo Oni | James Oladipo Owolabi |
| 15. YPP | Adebowale Oluranti Ajayi | Olaseni Nureni Babatunde |
| 16. ZLP | Adeolu Kolade Akinyemi | Damilola Akintoye |
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