INEC Declares Governor Simon Lalong Winner of Plateau State Governorship Election For a Second Term

Reigning Governor of Plateau State identified as Simon Lalong has been re-elected for a second term in the state.

The Returning Officer for the election in Plateau State identified as Professor Richard Kimbir, announced the results on Sunday morning at the collation centre for the governorship election in Jos, the state capital.

According to Professor Richard, the governor who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was returned elected after polling the highest number of votes in the tight contested poll.
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Meanwhile, Governor Simon Lalong polled a total of 595,582 votes ahead of his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) identified as Mr Jerry Useni, who polled 546,813 votes.

Governor Simon Lalong was then declared the winner two weeks after the governorship election held on March 9 in Plateau and 28 other states in the country.

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Professor Kimbir who announced Governor Simon Lalong as the winner of the elections had stressed that the declaration, was as a result of the margin of a lead of 44,929 between the APC and the PDP candidates, which was less than the 49,377 cancelled votes.

Professor Kimbir also stressed that this constrained him to return a winner but rather declare the poll inconclusive. This situation resulted in the supplementary election which held in nine local government areas of the state on Saturday, March 23.

In addition, Governor Lalong of APC defeated Mr Useni of PDP with a difference of 48,769 votes in the rerun poll.

The local government where INEC conducted the supplementary election below: Barkin Ladi LGA – APC: 041  PDP: 296 Jos North LGA – APC: 274  PDP: 1,036 Shendam LGA – APC: 337  PDP: 80 Bassa LGA – APC: 1,040  PDP: 367 Kanam LGA – APC: 944  PDP: 476 Pankshin LGA – APC: 446  PDP: 151 Bokkos LGA – APC: 1,342  PDP: 1,337 Mangu LGA – APC: 6,931  PDP: 3,520 Langtang South LGA – APC: 972  PDP: 1,224

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