Rivers State Governorship Election Result – 2023 (Everything You to Know)

Rivers State Governorship Election: In the March 18 governorship election, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in Rivers State, continues to enjoy a sizable lead in 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

At the release of the results for the 17th LGA, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA, on Sunday evening, Professor Akpofure Rim-Ruke, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the governorship in Rivers State, declared collation closed at the State Collation Center INEC Rivers Office in Port Harcourt.

No candidate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Tonye Cole or Sen. Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has come close to winning the results from Tai, the first LGA announced, to the 17th Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni LGA as Fubara’s lead grows.

In order to complete the collation and announce the winner and final standing, Rim-Ruke announced that the exercise would be resumed Monday am.

Rivers State Governorship Election

On March 18, 2023, elections were held for the Rivers State House of Assembly, 27 other gubernatorial races, and all other state houses of assembly. These elections will all take place concurrently with the election of the governor of Rivers State.

The election, originally scheduled for March 11th, took place three weeks after the presidential and legislative elections. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the current PDP governor, is term-limited and is not eligible to run for reelection a third time.

Party primaries were set to take place between 4 April and 9 June 2022. On May 25, the Peoples Democratic Party nominated Siminalayi Fubara, a former state comptroller, while on May 26, the All Progressives Congress nominated Tonye Cole, a businessman.

The Winner of the Election is Sim Fubara

All Rivers APC primaries were declared invalid by a Federal High Court decision on October 25, but the Court of Appeal later overturned the decision in January 2023.

RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS

1. TAI LGA

APC 295

ACCORD 35

LP 13

PDP 9,276

SDP 508

2. OPOBO-NKORO LGA

APC 1,426

ACCORD 16

LP 10

PDP 11,538

SDP 159

3. GOKANA LGA

APC 7,410

ACCORD 74

LP 97

PDP 17,455

SDP 13,840

4. OGU-BOLO LGA

APC 1,524

ACCORD 121

LP 34

PDP 7,103

SDP 310

5. ELEME LGA

APC 2662

ACCORD 67

LP 544

PDP 8,414

SDP 2,251

6. IKWERRE LGA

APC 7,503

ACCORD 138

LP 895

PDP 13,716

SDP 1,447

7. OYIBO LGA

APC 2,793

ACCORD 147

LP 2,688

PDP 9,886

SDP 796

8. ETCHE LGA

APC 6,408

ACCORD 288

LP 552

PDP 16,043

SDP 2,586

9. KHANA LGA

APC 620

ACCORD 120

LP 57

PDP 9,475

SDP 5,846

10. BONNY LGA

APC 3285

ACCORD 101

LP 1292

PDP 8,032

SDP 559

11. AHOADA EAST LGA

APC 2,650

ACCORD 155

LP 219

PDP 14,408

SDP 2,077

12. OMUMA LGA

APC 2,127

ACCORD 72

LP 52

PDP 8,760

SDP 804

13. OKRIKA LGA

APC 2,719

ACCORD 404

LP 231

PDP 10,342

SDP 822

14. ANDONI LGA

APC 3,149

ACCORD 260

LP 84

PDP 8,319

SDP 1,185

15. ABUA-ODUAL LGA

APC 5,738

ACCORD 150

LP 391

PDP 9,763

SDP 463

16. EMOUHA LGA

APC 5,916

ACCORD 179

LP 505

PDP 20,600

SDP 805

17. OGBA-EGBEMA-NDONI LGA

APC 6,811

ACCORD 1,358

LP 1,267

PDP 17,729

SDP 3,450

18. OBIO-AKPOR LGA

APC 7,361

ACCORD 674

LP 8,262

PDP 45,065

SDP 3,056

19. PORT HARCOURT CITY LGA

APC 8,954

ACCORD 981

LP 4,660

PDP 26,892

SDP 3,974

20. DEGEMA LGA

APC 3,107

ACCORD 261

LP 102

PDP 4,437

SDP 579

21. AKUKU-TORU LGA

APC 3,724

ACCORD 699

LP 61

PDP 6,273

SDP 222

Conclusion

According to the results of the governorship election that has been so far tallied in the state of Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party is in the lead in 17 of the state’s 23 local government areas.

The Labour Party is currently in third place, much behind the Social Democratic Party and the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress.

The 17 LGA tabulated results were given to Prof. Akpofura Rim-rukeh, the state returning officer for the election and vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum in Effurum, Delta State.

Rim-rukeh called for the next available result from any of the other councils but received no response, therefore he decided to postpone compiling the results until Monday at exactly 6 o’clock in the evening.

“I will close collation for today if no additional results are ready from the other local governments,” he said. Results gathering will pick back up on Monday.

Tai, Opobo Nkoro LGA, Gokana LGA, Ogu/Bolo, Eleme, Ikwerre, Oyigbo, Etche, Khana, Andoni, Bonny, Ahoada East, Okrika, and the remaining LGAs, Abua-Odual, Emuoha, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, are the LGAs that have so far been compiled.