Benue State election result

2023 - 2 - 26

Ortom

PDP's Ortom loses senatorial bid to Titus Zam of APC – The Sun ... (Daily Sun)

Moro wins return bid for Benue South Senatorial District. From Scholastica Onyeka, Makurdi. Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom, of the Peoples Democratic ...

“Titus Zam of APC, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared as the winner of the election conducted on the 25th of February for Benue North West Senatorial District, ” he said. Reading the result at the INEC area office in North Bank, Makurdi, the INEC Returning Officer, Professor Rufus Shaa’ator, declared Zam as the winner of the election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), had declared Zam winner of the election after he polled a total number of 143,151 votes to defeat his closest rival, incumbent Governor Samuel Ortom who polled 106,888 votes and Mark Gbilah of Labour Party who polled 51,151 votes.

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#NigeriaElections2023: Obi leads in three Benue LGs, Tinubu gets ... (The Punch)

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Benue State has announced the presidential election from five local government areas of the state.

Total valid votes: 15,931 Total valid votes: 13829 Total valid votes: 18,669

Benue State: INEC commences collation Of Presidential election ... (Voice of Nigeria)

Results have been collated from two Local Governments in the state so far, with four major contending political parties leading in the presidential race which ...

According to the result, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP got 6,909 votes in Buruku Local Government while New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP scored 240 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP scored 2,642 votes in Tarka Local Government while the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP got 37 votes. In Tarka Local Government, the country home of Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, the Collation Officer, Professor David Gungur indicated that the All Progressives Congress, APC scored a total of 13, 240 votes while Labour Party polled 2,038 votes.

JUST IN: APC's Titus Zam defeats Ortom to clinch senate seat (TheCable)

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has lost his senatorial bid to Titus Zam, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate.

[cast his vote ](https://www.thecable.ng/nigeriaelections2023-ortom-dumps-atiku-votes-for-obi)for Obi in the presidential election at his polling unit in Tse-Ortom, Mzondu ward, Guma LGA of the state. [ready to lose his bid](https://www.thecable.ng/ortom-im-ready-to-sacrifice-my-senatorial-bid-for-obis-victory) to ensure Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) wins the presidential election. [Emmanuel Orker-Jev](https://www.thecable.ng/we-may-face-bigger-crisis-if-ayu-resigns-says-pdp-senator) of the PDP currently represents the senatorial district.

Peter Leading in Another State After Winning Lagos, Tinubu Trailing ... (Legit.ng)

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is taking the lead in Benue state ahead of his counterpart in the APC and PDP in the 2023 ...

[Atiku](https://www.legit.ng/tags/1435-atiku-abubakar/) of the PDP got 190,347. [Benue state](https://www.legit.ng/tags/benue-state-news-today/) in counting votes in the ongoing presidential election results. [Bada Yusuf](https://www.legit.ng/authors/bada-yusuf/)

Peter Obi leads Tinubu, Atiku with wide margin in Benue as INEC ... (Daily Post Nigeria)

Peter Obi of Labour Party is currently leading his opponents in the Saturday's presidential election in Benue State. The Collation Officer, Prof Faruk.

Total valid votes: 19,105 Total valid votes: 33668 Total valid votes: 25,949

BREAKING: Former aide stops Ortom from going to senate - Daily ... (Daily Trust)

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lost his bid to clinch the Benue North West. senatorial seat to a former aide, Chief...

Meanwhile, the results from various polling units, wards and local government area collation centres across the senatorial district indicated that the governor lost in six out of the seven local government areas winning only his native Guma. Rufus Shaato, declared Zam as winner of the election for Benue North West denatorial district at INEC office in Makurdi. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has lost his bid to clinch the Benue North West senatorial seat to his former aide, Chief Titus Zam of the All Progressives Congress (APC).