Eight years after PDP bounces back in Plateau
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has been declared winner of the election conducted last Saturday
The Returning Officer for the governorship election in the state and Vice Chancellor, Federal University ,Lafia, Professor Idris Amali declared the PDP candidate winner on Monday afternoon after collating results from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state .
Recall that the PDP had been in power in Plateau state since 1999 until 2015 when the APC candidate, Simon Lalong dislodged the party and won the governorship election of the state .
Lalong had won his re-election in 2019 to retain power by the APC before a fresh governorship election took place last Saturday
Declaring the PDP candidate ,Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected governor at the INEC collation centre in Jos on Monday , the state Returning Officer, Professor Idris Amali said that the PDP candidate polled 525,299 votes to defeat his closest rival and the candidate of the ruling APC, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda who polled
481,370 votes
“I’m going to declare the results that I have here .They are 18 contestants . That Caleb Manesah Mutfwang of The PDP having satisfied the required by the law is hereby returned and declared the winner “,The returning officer said
According to the declared results ,the PDP candidate won in ten Local Government Areas while the APC candidate won in seven LGAs
The LGAs won by the PDP were Riyom,Jos South,Barkin Ladi,Bassa,Mikang,Langtang South ,Langtang North, Bokkos ,Quaapan and Mangu .
The APC won in Jos North,Wase,Kanam,Pankshin,Jos East ,Kanke and Shendam
The full results of the governorship election from the 17 LGAs are presented below
Jos East LGA:
APC 11852,
LP 1347
PDP 9290
Barkin Ladi LGA:
APC 18568
LP 4118
PDP 32119
Bassa LGA:
APC 25788
LP 2581
PDP 29135
Langtang South:
APC 12437,
LP 846
PDP 16104
Kanke LGA:
APC 35436
, LP 633
PDP 6870
Langtang North:
APC 20786
LP 6575
PDP 27826
Mikang:
APC 10691
LP 672,
PDP 12027
Pankshin:
APC 28827
, LP 7949,
PDP 15957
Shendam:
APC 30815,
LP 5169,
PDP 17733
Riyom LGA:
APC 12657,
LP 1878,
PDP 18647
Wase:
APC 35011
, LP 269,
PDP 26557
Kanam LGA:
APC 48710,
LP 1171,
PDP 28706
Mangu LGA:
APC 25570,
LP 1621
PDP 77279
Bokkos LGA:
APC 20779,
LP 5876,
PDP 26529
Jos South LGA:
APC 35403,
LP 10865,
PDP 84103
Jos North LGA:
APC 83170,
LP 6915,
PDP 64690
Qua’anpang LGA:
APC 24900,
LP 1825,
PDP 31727
