INEC Declares Soludo Winner of 2025 Anambra Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the 2025 Anambra State governorship election.

The election, which began on Saturday, concluded in the early hours of Sunday with Soludo securing a landslide victory across the 21 local government areas of the state.

Announcing the results at the INEC collation centre in Awka around 8:20 a.m., the State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Omoregie Edoba, declared Soludo re-elected.

According to the official figures released by INEC, Soludo polled 422,664 votes, defeating his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 99,445 votes.

Other candidates trailed far behind:

• Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) – 37,753 votes
• George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP) – 10,576 votes
• John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) – 8,208 votes
• Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 1,401 votes

With this result, Professor Edoba declared:

“Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes cast, is hereby declared winner and returned elected.”

The re-election of Soludo marks a continuation of APGA’s dominance in Anambra politics, with the governor set to serve a second term in office.