BY Taiwo George
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been re-elected as the governor of Osun State, defeating his closest rival, Dr. Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 22 of the 30 local government areas.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 394,684 votes to emerge winner, against Omisore’s 292,747.
Aregbesola got his highest number of votes, 39,983, from Osogbo LGA and the least, 4,225, from Ifedayo, where he nonetheless beat Omisore to the second place.
Omisore, who won in all the Ife LGAs, got his biggest figure of 24,555 from Ife Central and his lowest, 3,982, from Ifedayo.
| LGA | AREGBESOLA (APC) | OMISORE (PDP) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. IFEDAYO | 4,225 | 3,982 |
| 2. BOLUWADURO | 4,891 | 5,035 |
| 3. ILESA EAST | 16,106 | 5,913 |
| 4. ODO OTIN | 11,950 | 12,902 |
| 5. ILESA WEST | 15,427 | 5,449 |
| 6. BORIPE | 12,723 | 9,344 |
| 7. ILA OROGUN | 10,825 | 7,916 |
| 8. OROLU | 8,558 | 6,786 |
| 9. ORI ADE | 12,523 | 10,214 |
| 10. ATAKUNMOSA WEST | 6,928 | 5,142 |
| 11. EDE SOUTH | 11,738 | 7,462 |
| 12. IREPODUN | 13,314 | 7,386 |
| 13. IFE CENTRAL | 9,680 | 24,555 |
| 14. IFE EAST | 13,821 | 20,831 |
| 15. OLA OLUWA | 7,927 | 4,963 |
| 16. IFE NORTH | 8,603 | 9,841 |
| 17. ISOKAN | 9,758 | 10,028 |
| 18. EDE NORTH | 15,403 | 10,427 |
| 19. IFELODUN | 17,447 | 12,442 |
| 20. AYEDAADE | 12,801 | 11,255 |
| 21. OBOKUN | 11,696 | 8,618 |
| 22. IREWOLE | 18,328 | 10,330 |
| 23. EGBEDORE | 10,615 | 7,024 |
| 24. AYEDIRE | 7,724 | 7,813 |
| 25. IWO | 20,827 | 15,493 |
| 26. OSOGBO | 39,983 | 11,513 |
| 27. OLORUNDA | 26,551 | 8,483 |
| 28. ATAKUNMOSA EAST | 9,287 | 6,294 |
| 29. IFE SOUTH | 7,325 | 12,811 |
| 30. EJIGBO | 17,700 | 12,495 |
| TOTAL | 394,684 | 292,747 |
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