Senator Dino Melaye has been re-elected to represent the people of Kogi West Senatorial District.
The District consists of Seven Local Government Areas namely Lokoja, Kogi/Koton Karfe, Kabba/Bunu
Ijumu, Yagba East, Yagba West.
Melaya floored his closest contender from the APC, Smart Adeyemi , with 85, 395 votes against 66, 902 votes, that is a margin of 18,493.
See the results below:
Lokoja LGA
PDP = 24576
APC = 18800
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Yagba East LGA
PDP = 8638
APC = 5077
Mopa Amuro LGA
PDP = 5112
APC = 3658
Yagba West LGA
PDP = 8942
APC = 6799
IJUMU LGA
PDP = 11, 749
APC = 8,517
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KABBA BUNU
PDP = 8, 971
APC = 14, 756
KOGI LGA
PDP = 15
APC = 14, 756
From the results you see above, Senator Melaye Swept six out of the Seven Local Government Areas he represents.
It may interest you to know that Melaye only defected from the ruling APC to the PDP last year, but no doubt the Senator still commands great influence the the area.