Anambra Poll: Who Will Ihiala Favour? How LGA Voted in Recent Elections

At the start of the Anambra governorship election, nobody would believe that the outcome of the exercise will be determined by votes from a single local government.

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It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended the collation of results for the November 6 Anambra governorship election and ordered a supplementary election in Ihiala LGA.

First, it should no noted tat Ihiala has one of the highest (148,407) registered voters in the state for the 2021 election.

Secondly, it is no longer news that Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is leading the election exercise with over 50, 000 votes.

Chukwuma Soludo secured 103,946 votes, followed by Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 51,322 votes, while Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 42,942.

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Now, the question in the mouth of many people is this: Can Ihiala swing the election in favour of other candidate aside from Soludo?

However, it is not expected that geographical affiliation will favour any of the top three candidates as neither is from Ihiala.

Let us now take a look at some key things concerning Ihiala LGA

1. It is not expected that geographical affiliation will favour any of the top three candidates as neither is from Ihiala.

2. Voter apathy has always been high in Anambra generally and Ihiala specifically.

Let us also look at the past three election in Ihiala according to report by The Cable.

IHIALA 2010

In the Anambra 2010 governorship election, the total number of registered voters in Ihiala was 83,348. Of this figure, the total number of valid votes cast stood at 16,029. In the final results, APGA polled 5,996; AC had 1,803; while PDP secured 4,945. APGA won the LGA, ushering in Peter Obi (APGA) as governor for his second term.

IHIALA 2013

In 2013, the total number of registered voters in Ihiala was 111,531 while the total votes cast was 24,203. Again, APGA won the LGA after polling 10,274 votes. PDP came second with 5,520 votes while APC came third with 4,087 votes. The election brought in Willie Obiano (APGA) as governor.

IHIALA 2017

In the 2017 governorship election in Anambra, a total of 124, 588 voters were registered in Ihiala. In the final results, APGA won the LGA again, after polling 14,379 votes. APC came second with 7,894 votes while PDP followed next with 4,706 votes.

Can Soludo still lose governorship poll? Here are possible reasons

Legit.ng had reported that to many election observers, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and candidate of the of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the ongoing Anambra state governorship election, Professor Charles Soludo is the next governor of Anambra state.

This conclusion will be premised on the fact that he has the highest votes in the election, having secure victory in 18 of the 20 LGAs where election held.

He secured 103,946 votes, followed by Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 51,322 votes, while Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had 42,942.

With this, the margin between Soludo and Ozigbo currently stands at 52,624. But the tide can still swing against the former CBN governor.. Though it will be difficult, but this is politics, it is still possible.