Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord Party has emerged as the winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election.Adeleke was formally declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday in Osogbo, the state capital.
INEC Returning Officer, Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole announced the results around 7:49am.Ogunwole who is the current Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), supervised the final aggregation of results from the 30 LGAs.According to the final collation announced on Form EC8E, Adeleke polled a total of 511,067 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 444,815 votes.
Meanwhile, the African Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Osun State, Najeem Salaam, had 17,180 votes.The total number of registered voters is 2,339,544, while total numbers of accredited voters: 1,010,684; The total valid votes: 985,079.Adeleke won Boluwaduro, Ede South, Ife North, Ilesa West, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Orolu, Osogbo, Oriade, Odo-Otin, Ife East, Ifelodun, Iwo, Ede North, Ila, Aiyedire, Egbedore, Aiyedaade and Ejigbo local government areas.
Oyebamiji emerged victorious in Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun, Obokun, Atakunmosa West, Irewole, Atakunmosa East, Isokan, Ola Oluwa, Ife South and Olorunda local government areas.
Based on the collated local government results, Adeleke secured victories in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while the APC candidate secured 11 councils.Accord won 19 out of the 30 LGAs: (Boluwaduro, Ede South, Ife North, Ilesa West, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Orolu, Osogbo, Oriade, Odo-Otin, Ife East, Ifelodun, Iwo, Ede North, Ila, Aiyedire, Egbedore, Aiyedaade, Ejigbo)APC won the remaining 11 LGAs (Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun, Obokun, Atakunmosa West, Irewole, Atakunmosa East, Isokan, Ola Oluwa, Ife South, Olorunda).
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