_Other contestants urged to accept the result with the spirit of sportsmanship_
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, winner of Saturday, November 8, 2025 Governorship Election in Anambra state.
Soludo, polled a total of 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 99,445.
According to INEC, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Sir Paul Chukwuma polled 37,753 to come third, while Labour Party candidate, George Moghalu, got 10,575 Nwosu Chuma John of ADC got 8,208, and Ifemeludike Ifeoma Grace of AAC got 292 among others.
The Returning Officer of 2025 Anambra State governorship election and Vice Chancellor University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, who announced the result on Sunday morning, at the INEC headquarters in Awka, declared Soludo satisfied all the requirements of the law and got the highest votes to be declared the winner and, therefore, is returned elected.
Thus, from the results, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, won in all the 21 local government areas in a landslide.
Prof. Omoregie said, “The number of registered voters was 2,788,864 while accredited voters was 598,229. Total valid votes was 584,054, while rejected votes was 11,244 and total votes cast was 595,298.
“After collating the result as tallied into Form EC8B, it is now my privilege to mention the figures each candidate got according to their political parties.
“When the various polling officers were announcing their results, they mentioned that there were some wards affected by incidents which meant some results were cancelled and we asked them to fill a form.
“The affected areas include Anambra West, Anaocha, Awka South and Onitsha South LGAs where the area affected had 10,481. And when we calculated the number of lead between the highest number of votes and in view of this, the margin did not in anyway affect the result.16 candidates from 16 political parties participated in the just-concluded election.
The state has a total of 2,788,864 registered voters and 598,229 were accredited for the election while a total of 595,298 votes were cast, even as 11,244 votes were rejected across the 21 local government areas in the state.
Thus Soludo, the incumbent governor, has been re-elected for a second term.
Some citizens who reacted to the development, congratulated Soludo and urged other contestants to accept the result with the spirit of sportsmanship.
