BREAKING: INEC declares Soludo winner of Anambra gov election

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been officially declared the winner of the Saturday, November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election by the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Edoba Omoregie.

Soludo polled a total of 422,664 votes, defeating his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 99,445 votes. The Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate, Sir Paul Chukwuma, came third with 37,753 votes.

A total of 16 candidates from various political parties participated in the election. According to INEC, the state had 2,788,864 registered voters, of which 598,229 were accredited. A total of 595,298 votes were cast, with 11,244 rejected votes across the state’s 21 local government areas.

Prof. Omoregie announced that Soludo of APGA won in all 21 local government areas, achieving a decisive landslide victory. He said:

“After collating the results as tallied into Form EC8E, it is now my privilege to declare the figures each candidate scored according to their political parties. There were a few areas affected by incidents, leading to cancellations in some wards across Anambra West, Anaocha, Awka South, and Onitsha South LGAs, amounting to 10,481 affected votes. However, the margin of lead between the top candidates did not affect the overall outcome of the election.”

He added:

“I, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, Returning Officer for the 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, hereby declare that the election was peaceful. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, having scored 422,664 votes — the highest number of valid votes cast and having satisfied the requirements of the law — is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”