ALL Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the presidential election in the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State.

INEC Presiding Officer, Akeem Lasisi, announced this on Sunday, February 26.

The APC flagbearer polled 201494 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who polled 89,554 votes.

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Lasisi, the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orogun, said 308,171 were valid out of the 314,472 of votes cast.

There were  6,301 rejected votes in the state, resulting mostly from multiple voting.

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, polled 11,397 votes, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Adewole Adebayo, bagged 2011 votes.

The breakdown of the votes is displayed below:

A: 69
AA: 29
AAC: 108
ADC: 1,337
ADP: 737
APC: 201,494
APGA: 268

APM: 46
APP: 91
BP: 46
LP: 11,397
NNPP: 264
NRM: 131
PDP: 89,554
PRP: 48
SDP: 2,011
YPP: 81
ZLP: 460

Note: Total votes cast figure was updated from 314,470 to 314,472