The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the incumbent Governor, Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election.
The State’s Chief Returning Officer, Professor Adenike Oladiji, announced the final results early Sunday morning in Ado-Ekiti, confirming that Oyebanji swept a landslide victory across all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs).
According to Oladiji, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Oluwole Oluyede, scored 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Party, ADP, polled 12,872 votes.
She said a total of 384,940 voters were accredited for the election, with 375,777 valid votes, 6,332 rejected votes, and total votes cast.
