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The
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Herman Hembe
of the Advanced Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of Konshisha/Vandeikya
Federal Constituency seat held on Monday, March 10.
The
rescheduled poll was held in polling units where irregularities occurred during
the Feb 23 Presidential and National Assembly polls.
Announcing
the results in the early hours of Tuesday in Makurdi, the Returning Officer for
the constituency, Prof Terver Tee, said the APGA candidate polled 35,187 votes
to beat his closest rival, incumbent Rep. Dorathy Mato of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) with 29,280 votes.
The
other parties that secured votes in the election were; PDP; 19,745 votes, AA,
1,568 votes, ADC; 145 votes, DA: 2 votes, GMPP; 12 votes, LP; 100 votes, NCP;
54 votes, PRP; 300 votes, PT; 14 votes, SDP; 2,127 votes while ZLP had 12
votes.
Tee
also said the results could not be declared in Vandeikya owing to security
challenges.
He
said the total registered voters were 256,234, total accredited voters were
94,999 while total rejected votes stood at 3,727.
According
to him the total votes cast are 92,105 while valid votes are 88,378.
NAN
reports that Mato, who lost in 2015 to Hembe at the polls, reclaimed her
mandate at the Supreme Court.
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