The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the November 8, 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election.
The State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Edoba Omoregie, announced the results on Sunday in Awka.
According to the official results, Soludo polled 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 99,445 votes, while Sir Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came third with 37,753 votes.
Soludo recorded a clean sweep across the state, winning all 21 local government areas.
Announcing the detailed figures, Prof. Omoregie said:
“The number of registered voters was 2,788,864, while accredited voters were 598,229.
The total valid votes stood at 584,054, rejected votes were 11,244, bringing the total votes cast to 595,298.”
He noted that incidents in some wards across Anambra West, Anaocha, Awka South, and Onitsha South LGAs led to the cancellation of about 10,481 votes, but stressed that the margin of lead between the top candidates was “far higher than the number of affected votes” and did not alter the final outcome.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes cast, I, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, hereby declare Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) duly elected as the Governor of Anambra State,” he said.
The election was largely peaceful across the state, with reports of early turnout in major urban centres such as Awka, Onitsha, and Nnewi.
Background
Professor Chukwuma Soludo, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), first assumed office as Anambra State Governor in March 2022 after winning the 2021 governorship election on the platform of APGA.
His administration has focused on fiscal reforms, infrastructure expansion, and youth empowerment initiatives under the “Solution Agenda.”
Soludo’s re-election extends APGA’s dominance in Anambra politics, maintaining the party’s two-decade-long control of the state since the tenure of former Governor Peter Obi.
