Results from Polling Units (LIVE UPDATES)
Voting has ended in some polling units in Anambra where residents are voting to elect the person that will govern the state for the next four years.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that voting started at about 8:30 a.m. in many of the 5,720 polling units in the 21 local government areas of the state.
The turnout has been low across the state and our reporters on the ground have observed several cases of vote buying in many polling units.
Anambra has 2,802,790 registered voters, with females forming the majority, according to INEC. Of the total registered voters, 1,430,323 (51.03 per cent) are female, while 1,372,467 (48.97 per cent) are male.
Students make up the largest voting demographic, accounting for 29.31 per cent of registered voters, followed by traders with 18.47 per cent and businessmen and women with 17.83 per cent, among others.
A total of 15 parties are challenging the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the election.
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Analysts believe four candidates are the major contenders: incumbent governor Charles Soludo of APGA, APC candidate Nicholas Ukachukwu, Labour Party candidate George Moghalu and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, John Chuma-Nwosu.
Results will be announced by the presiding INEC officials in each polling unit before collations are done at wards, local governments and eventually the INEC headquarters at the state capital.
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