2024 Edo State gubernatorial election

2024 Edo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Monday Okpebholo Asue Ighodalo Olumide Akpata
Party APC PDP LP
Running mate Dennis Idahosa
Popular vote 291,667 247,274 22,763
Governor before election

Godwin Obaseki
PDP

Elected Governor

Monday Okpebholo
APC

The 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election took place on Saturday, 21 September 2024, to elect the governor of Edo State. The incumbent PDP governor, Godwin Obaseki, was ineligible to contest for re-election, having already served two terms as allowed by the constitution of Nigeria.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 22 September 2024. Okpebholo won with a total of 291,667 votes, defeating the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes, and the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Olumide Akpata, who came third with 22,763 votes.