Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress has won the
Plateau State governorship election, following the supplementary poll
held on Saturday.
Lalong was declared the winner by the Returning
Officer in the state, Prof Richard Kimbir, after scoring 595,582 votes
to defeat 23 other candidates, including the Peoples Democratic Party
standard-bearer, Jeremiah Useni, who garnered 546,813.
Kimbir
stated that a total of 1,159,954 valid votes were recorded while 16,188
were rejected, saying 1,176,142 was the total number of votes cast.
The
results for the nine LGAs that took part in the supplementary poll,
including Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Kanam, Langtang South,
Mangu, Pankshin and Shendam, showed that Lalong scored 12,327 new votes,
while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jeremiah Useni,
earned 8,487. There was no cancellation of results recorded.
1- Barkin Ladi LGA
APC- 41
PDP- 296
2-Jos North
APC- 274
PDP- 1, 036
3- Shendam
APC- 337
PDP- 80
4- Bassa
APC- 1, 040
PDP- 367
5- Kanam
APC- 944
PDP- 476
6- Pankshin
APC- 446
PDP- 151.
7- Bokkos
APC- 1, 342
PDP- 1, 337
8- Mangu
APC- 6, 931
PDP- 3, 520
9- Langtang South
APC-972
PDP- 1, 224
Also below are the total results according to Local Governments:
1. Bokkos LGA
APC – 27, 561
PDP – 26, 700
2. Jos East LGA
APC – 18, 602
PDP – 7, 994
3. Kanke LGA
APC – 23, 360
PDP – 22, 831
4. Langtang North LGA
APC – 18, 979
PDP – 40, 519
5. Barkin Ladi LGA
APC – 17, 039
PDP – 44, 233
6. Bassa
APC – 30, 041
PDP – 32, 730
7. Mikang LGA
APC – 15, 150
PDP – 11, 703
8. Langtang South
APC – 14, 467
PDP – 18, 868
9. Pankshin
APC – 36, 215
PDP – 24, 939
10. Kanam
APC – 55, 338
PDP – 22, 432
11. Jos South
APC 33, 075
PDP 91, 846
12. Jos North
APC 108, 887
PDP 67, 113
13. Riyom
APC 12, 720
PDP 24, 017
14. Mangu
APC 51, 895
PDP 43, 555
15. Shendam
APC 61, 646
PDP 17, 035
16. Wase
APC 37, 593
PDP 27, 465
17. Quaan Pan
APC 31, 962
PDP 20, 939.