2014 Osun State gubernatorial election

The 2014 Osun State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 9 August 2014, the APC nominee Rauf Aregbesola won re-election, defeating Iyiola Omisore of the PDP.^[1][2][3][4]

2014 Osun State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rauf Aregbesola Iyiola Omisore Party APC PDP Running mate Titilayo Laoye-Tomori Adejare Bello Popular vote 394,684 292,747 Percentage 56.68% 42.04%

Governor before election Rauf Aregbesola APC Elected Governor Rauf Aregbesola APC

Rauf Aregbesola emerged APC after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Titilayo Laoye-Tomori as his running mate.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} Iyiola Omisore was the PDP candidate with Adejare Bello as his running mate. 20 candidates contested in the election.^[10]

Electoral system

The Governor of Osun State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

APC primary

Rauf Aregbesola won the primary election after he emerged unopposed.^[11][12]

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on 5 April 2014. Iyiola Omisore won the primary election polling 1,128 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Olasunkanmi Akinlabi who scored 45 votes, Wole Oke scored 4 votes while Isiaka Adeleke withdrew.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Results

A total number of 20 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[17][18][19]

A total number of 1,407,222 voters registered in the election.^[20]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rauf Aregbesola	All Progressives Congress	394,684	56.68
	Iyiola Omisore	People's Democratic Party	292,747	42.04
	Labour Party	8,898	1.28
Total			696,329	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,407,222	–
Source: Premium Times

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. 20 political parties participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Rauf Aregbesola. Green represents LGAs won by Iyiola Omisore.^{[21][22][17][2]}

LGA	Rauf Aregbesola APC		Iyiola Omisore PDP		Total Votes
	#	%	#	%	#
Irepodun	13,314		7,386
Ife Central	9,680		24,555
Ife East	13,821		20,831
Ola Oluwa	7,927		4,963
Ife North	8,603		9,841
Isokan	9,758		10,028
Ede North	15,403		10,427
Ifelodun	17,447		12,442
Aiyedaade	12,801		11,255
Obokun	11,696		8,618
Irewole	18,328		10,330
Egbedore	10,615		7,024
Aiyedire	7,724		7,813
Iwo	20,827		15,493
Osogbo	39,983		11,513
Olorunda	26,551		8,483
Atakunmosa East	9,287		6,294
Ife South	7,325		12,811
Ejigbo	17,700		12,495
Ifedayo	4,225		3,982
Boluwaduro	4,981		5,035
Ilesa East	16,106		5,913
Odo Otin	11,950		12,902
Ilesa West	15,427		5,449
Boripe	12,723		9,334
Orolu	8,558		6,786
Oriade	12,523		10,214
Atakunmosa West	6,928		5,142
Ede South	11,738		7,482
Ila	10,825		7,916
Totals	394,684		292,747

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