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Independent AfricaElection results 2023: Labour Party's Umeh triumphs in Anambra central senate race

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Election results 2023: Labour Party’s Umeh triumphs in Anambra central senate race

The 2023 Anambra Central Senatorial district election was held last Saturday, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proclaimed Senator Victor Umeh of the Labour Party the winner.

Senator Umeh received 103,608 votes to defeat the opposition, according to the returning officer, Professor Chuka Enuka, who announced the results in the INEC headquarters for the Anambra Central Senatorial district election in Amawbia.

According to Professor Enuka, Honourable Dozie Nwankwo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) received 69,702 votes to finish in a close second place. Sen. Uche Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party, on the other hand, finished third with 49,532 votes, while the candidates for the APC and the YPP, Chief Kodilichukwu Okelekwe and Dr. Chinedu.

He declared Senator Umeh the contest winner because he scored the highest number of votes cast in the election and fulfilled all the law requirements.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the res

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