The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, November 9, 2025, declared Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as winner of the November 8, 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election.
The result of the election was announced by the INEC appointed State Returning Officer, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, who announced the results in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, declared that Soludo polled a total of 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 99,445 votes.
Prof. Omoregie, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), also announced that Sir Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came third with 37,753 votes.
The result as announced by INEC showed that Governor Soludo recorded a clean sweep across 21 Local Government Areas of the State.
In the words of Prof. Omoregie; “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.”
The INEC Returning Officer 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 noted that the margin of lead between the top candidates was “far higher than the number of affected votes” thus, did not alter the final outcome.
According to Omoregie; “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”.
The conduct of the election was largely peaceful across the state with reports of early turnout in some major urban centres such as Awka, Onitsha, and Nnewi.
The re-election of Soludo extends APGA’s dominance in Anambra politics, thereby maintaining the party’s two-decades control of the state since the tenure of former Governor Peter Obi.
