The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the presidential elections in Oyo State.
Muhammadu Buhari polled 528,620 votes to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 303,376 votes.
The official victory of the opposition candidate in Oyo means the incumbent has only won in one of the South-West States, Ekiti, while Mr. Buhari has won in Ogun, Ondo and Oyo. This is a departure from the 2011 presidential elections where Mr. Jonathan won in all South-West states except Osun.
The results in Oyo were announced at the INEC state headquarters in Ibadan on Monday morning.
The total valid votes was 881,352 while rejected votes was 47,254. Total votes cast was 928,606 while total accredited voters was 1,073,849.
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has consolidated on his win in the South-West.
With the results from Oyo, Buhari appears to have won all states in the Southwest except Ekiti, which was won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Latest result showed that he is leading in Oyo State.
A breakdown of the result is as follows: Oyo West:
APC-16,431, PDP-5,381
Atisbo:
APC-9,090, PDP-6,392
Saki East:
APC-7,208, PDP-5,368
Iwajowa:
APC-8,715, PDP-7, 389
Ona Ara:
APC-12,291, PDP-7,175
Ibarapa East:
APC-10,482, PDP 7,009
Atiba:
APC-16,755, PDP-6,443
Oluyole:
APC-19, 642, PDP-6,956
Ido:
APC-17,235, PDP-6,538
Kajola:
APC-14,538, PDP-11,045
Afijio:
APC-8,001, PDP-5,738
Orelope:
APC-9,425, PDP-5,384
Irepo:
APC-10, 380, PDP-4,979
Itesiwaju:
APC-7,257, PDP-7,605
Iseyin:
APC-24,075, PDP-10,569
Oyo East:
APC-17,105, PDP-6,326
Orire:
APC-10,161, PDP-13,238
Saki West:
APC-25,965, PDP-7,008
Lagelu:
APC-15,547, PDP-7,366.
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