Английская Википедия:2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election

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The 2017 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 18 November 2017, the APGA nominee Willie Obiano won re-election, defeating Tony Nwoye of the APC.

Willie Obiano won APGA gubernatorial candidate after emerging the sole candidate. He picked Nkem Okeke as his running mate. Tony Nwoye was the APC candidate with Dozie Ikedife as his running mate. 37 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The Governor of Anambra State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

APGA primary

The APGA primary election was held on 15 August 2017. Willie Obiano emerged the sole candidate after scoring 1,070 to a 'yes' and 'no' votes.

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on 26 August 2017. Tony Nwoye won the primary election after defeating 11 other candidates. His closet rival was Andy Uba who had 931 votes.

Results

A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total number of registered voters in the state were 88,793, accredited voters 457,311, total number of votes cast was 448,771, while number of valid votes were 422,314. 6,457 votes were rejected.

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 422,314 represents the 37 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Willie Obiano. Blue represents LGAs won by Tony Nwoye.

LGA	Willie Obiano APGA		Tony Nwoye APC		Total Votes
	#	%	#	%	#
Njikoka	16,944		5,756
Dunukofia	8,575		7,016
Awka South	18,957		6,167
Ayamelum	14,593		5,412
Anaocha	11,237		5,297
Orumba South	8,125		3,808
Ekwusigo	8,595		5,412
Aguata	13,167		5,807
Onitsha North	10,138		3,808
Ogbaru	6,615		3,415
Idemili South	5,742		4,063
Oyi	11,840		5,085
Orumba North	8,766		3,551
Awka North	7,162		3,727
Onitsha South	7,082		2,012
Ihiala	14,379		7,894
Anambra East	20,510		5,248
Anambra West	8,152		4,261
Nnewi South	10,465		2,765
Idemili North	12,180		4,632
Nnewi North	10,845		3,616
Totals	234,071		98,752		422,314