2019 Delta State gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2019 Delta State gubernatorial election
Country:Nigeria
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Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Delta State gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2023 Delta State gubernatorial election
Next Year:2023
Election Date:March 9, 2019
Turnout:41.62%
Nominee1:Ifeanyi Okowa
Running Mate1:Kingsley Otuaro
Party1:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Popular Vote1:925,274
Percentage1:80.17%
Nominee2:Great Ogboru
Party2:All Progressives Congress
Popular Vote2:215,938
Percentage2:18.71%
Governor
Before Election:Ifeanyi Okowa
Before Party:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
After Election:Ifeanyi Okowa
After Party:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The 2019 Delta State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa won re-election for a second term, defeating APC's Great Ovedje Ogboru, and several minor party candidates.[1]

Okowa won in 23 LGAs with a total of 80.17% of popular vote, while Ogboru won in the other two of the state's 25 LGAs with a total of 18.71% of popular vote having 709,336 votes less than Okowa.[2]

Ifeanyi Okowa emerged unopposed in the PDP gubernatorial primary as the sole candidate, retaining his deputy, Kingsley Otuaro.[3] [4]

Of the 50 candidates who aspired for the governorship seat, 42 were male, eight were female.

Electoral system

The Governor of Delta State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on 30 September 2018. Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, the incumbent governor, who was the party sole aspirant,[5] emerged winner with 3,252 delegate votes. The chairperson of the PDP gubernatorial primary elections in Delta State announced there were 3,278 accredited delegates from across the state's local government areas, who cast 26 invalid votes.[6] [7]

Candidates

APC primary

The emergence of Chief Great Ogboru and Prof. Pat Utomi as the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2019 Delta State governorship candidates got messy, as the APC primary elections could not be held in a single venue but ran concurrently in two locations in Asaba. This crisis began early in the month of the elections.[8] [9] The elections returning officer at one venue announced Pat Utomi as the winner with 2,481 votes out of the 3,755 total delegate votes, followed by Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, Dr. Cairo Ojougbuoh and Chief Great Ogboru, respectively.[10] Great Ovedje Ogboru was, however, declared winner by the returning officer at the second venue, and said to have polled 3,292 votes of 3,515 valid votes; 129 votes were declared invalid. Ochei polled 160 votes, Utomi 26 votes and Ojougbuoh 12 votes.[11] [12] [13] [14] The elections were held on 30 September 2018.[15] [16]

After the elections were concluded, BusinessDay reported one of the candidates, Hon. Victor Ochei, taking the said winner to the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to nullify the results,[17] which were nullified in April 2019.[18] [19] [20]

Candidates

Results

A total of 50 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP Governor Ifeanyi Okowa won re-election for a second term, defeating APC's Great Ovedje Ogboru, and several minor party candidates.[21] Okowa polled 925,274 votes representing 80.17% of total vote cast, and Ogboru 215,938 votes representing 18.71%.[22]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,831,205 while 1,188,784 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 1,178,335, while total number of valid votes was 1,154,188. Total rejected votes were 24,147.[23] [24]

By local government area

Here are the results of the election from the local government areas of the state for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 1,154,188 represents the 50 political parties that participated in the election.

Green represents LGAs won by Okowa. Blue represents LGAs won by Ogboru.[25] [26] [27] [28]
County (LGA)Ifeanyi OkowaPDPGreat OgboruAPCTotal Votes
%%
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Aniocha Northbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 17,054bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 4,653bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Aniocha Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 20,947bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 3,138bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Bomadibgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 63,851bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 4,437bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Burutubgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 49,722bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 4,437bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" Ethiope Eastbgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" 11,489bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" 21,141bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ethiope Westbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 62,044bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 6,211bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ika North-Eastbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 67,417bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 2,303bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ika Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 33,371bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 3,877bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Isoko Northbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 29,648bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 9,817bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Isoko Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 43,730bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 14,259bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ndokwa Eastbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 30,670bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 4,306bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ndokwa Westbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 30,971bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 5,722bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Okpebgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 20,415bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 9,424bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Oshimili Northbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 37,744bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 2,906bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Oshimili Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 54,766bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 2,700bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Patanibgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 19,683bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 3,288bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Sapelebgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 18,572bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 10,457bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Udubgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 9,042bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 8,605bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" Ughelli Northbgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" 19,045bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" 22,081bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ughelli Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 32,086bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 20,233bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Ukwuanibgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 18,328bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 7,264bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Uvwiebgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 15,454bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 10,467bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Warri Northbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 44,713bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 11,116bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Warri Southbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 34,977bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 12,982bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" Warri South Westbgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 139,534bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" 10,906bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center"
Totals-

Notes and References

  1. News: Okowa speaks on victory, assures of greater development of Delta state . March 13, 2019 . Premium Times . March 11, 2021.
  2. News: Gov poll: Okowa wins in Delta . Punch . March 11, 2019 . March 10, 2021.
  3. News: 2019: Governor Okowa emerges Delta PDP guber flag bearer, retains deputy . Ukwu . Jerrywright . Legit.ng . March 31, 2021.
  4. Web site: State Governors and Their Deputies. Emmanuel, Odang. Rainbow Nigeria. October 8, 2020. May 31, 2021. June 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213047/https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/10/08/state-governors-and-their-deputies/. dead.
  5. News: Tight security as Okowa, Ibori, others attend PDP gov primary in Delta . Onojeghen . Theophilus . September 30, 2018 . . Punch . March 31, 2021.
  6. News: Okowa emerges Delta PDP guber flag Bearer . September 30, 2018 . Vanguard . Asaba . March 31, 2021.
  7. News: Governor Okowa emerges Delta PDP governorship flagbearer, chooses running mate . September 30, 2018 . Premium Times . March 31, 2021.
  8. News: Ogboru/Omo-Agege Faction Rejects Direct Primaries In Delta APC . . . March 31, 2021.
  9. News: Delta 2019: APC gambles with direct, indirect primaries . Neme . Sony . Asaba . September 23, 2018 . Guardian . March 31, 2021.
  10. News: declares Pat Utomi gov candidate . Jonathan . Zovoe . October 1, 2018 . Punch . March 31, 2021.
  11. News: Crises Persist as APC, PDP Round off Gov Primaries . October 2, 2018 . This Day Live . March 31, 2021.
  12. News: Breaking: Ogboru leads in Delta APC governorship primary . October 1, 2018 . Ahon . Festus . Vanguard . March 31, 2021.
  13. News: 2019: Ogboru clinches Delta APC guber ticket . October 1, 2018 . Ahon . Festus . Vanguard . March 31, 2021.
  14. News: 2019 Election: Confam list of APC Govnorship candidates . October 5, 2018 . . pcm . March 31, 2021.
  15. News: LIVE UPDATES: APC holds governorship primaries in 27 states . Ogundipe . Samuel . September 30, 2018 . Premium Times . March 31, 2021.
  16. News: Pat Utomi cries foul, demands postponement of Delta APC primaries . Ogundipe . Samuel . September 30, 2018 . Premium Times . March 31, 2021.
  17. News: Delta APC governorship primary: Ogboru to know fate December 4 . BusinessDay . November 13, 2018 . March 31, 2021.
  18. News: Court Nullifies Delta APC Governorship Primaries . April 4, 2019 . Orusi . Kenneth . The Nigerian Voice . Asaba . March 31, 2021.
  19. News: Breaking: Court nullifies APC flag-bearer Ogboru's candidacy . Omotayo . Joseph . April 4, 2019 . Legit.ng . March 31, 2021.
  20. News: Delta guber: More trouble for Ogboru as court quashes APC primary election . April 4, 2019 . Sun News Online . March 31, 2021.
  21. News: Okowa Re-Elected As Delta State Governor . . March 11, 2019 . March 11, 2021.
  22. News: Court sacks Delta APC faction, disqualifies Ogboru as governorship candidate . March 19, 2019 . Premium Times . March 11, 2021.
  23. News: Okowa Wins, Declared Delta Governor elect . March 11, 2019 . Onabu . Omon-Julius in. Asaba . This Day . March 10, 2021.
  24. News: Just Like In 2015, Okowa Mauls Great Ogboru To Win Delta Governorship Election . March 11, 2019 . . . March 11, 2021.
  25. News: Breaking: PDP wins Delta state governorship election . Adegun . Aanu . Legit.ng . March 11, 2021.
  26. News: Delta Poll: Okowa wins 12 LGAs so far, Ogboru 1 . Sadhere . Francis . Warri . March 10, 2019 . Business Day . March 11, 2021.
  27. News: Updates: Governorship Election Results For Delta . . March 11, 2021.
  28. News: Okowa leads in 15 LGs in Delta Guber polls . March 10, 2019 . Vanguard . March 11, 2021.

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