BREAKING: #osundecides2026: Adeleke Scores Highest Votes, Set To Be Declared Winner

The candidate of the Accord Party, Ademola Adeleke, is set to be declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday.

The final results of the 30 local government areas were announced by INEC officials at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, early on Sunday.

Although a final tally of the results is still being done as of the time of this report, a PREMIUM TIMES review of the declared results shows that Mr Adeleke has over 60,000 more votes than his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji.

Our tally of the announced results shows that Mr Adeleke has a total of 511,067 votes while Mr Oyebamiji has 444,811 votes, a difference of 66,256 votes.

The incumbent governor also won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas while the APC won in 11.

Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) finished a distant third with 17,180 votes, based on our tally of the INEC results.

The figures represent the aggregate results from all 30 local government areas of the state, as supporters await INEC’s returning officer to officially declare Mr Adeleke winner of the poll.

Mr Adeleke recorded particularly wide margins in several of his strongholds, including Ede North, where he polled 35,427 votes against Mr Oyebamiji’s 10,283, and Ede South, where he recorded 26,188 votes against 6,219.

In Osogbo, the state capital, Mr Adeleke secured 36,480 votes, while the APC candidate polled 30,474.

The incumbent also recorded significant victories in Ife East, with 27,201 votes against 18,600; Iwo, 27,085 against 19,660; Egbedore, 19,278 against 11,194; and Oriade, 21,343 against 14,863.

Mr Oyebamiji, however, won in 11 local government areas, including Irewole, where he scored 29,972 votes against Mr Adeleke’s 10,934.

The opposition candidate also prevailed in Boripe, Atakunmosa East, Atakunmosa West, Ife South, Ilesa East, Irepodun, Isokan, Obokun, Ola-Oluwa and Olorunda.

More details will be provided in subsequent reports.

SOURCE: PREMIUM TIMES