Gov Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in 9 of 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the supplementary polls held on Saturday.
The results of 13 councils as announced by various INEC Collation Officers on Sunday in Makurdi showed Ortom won Agatu, Apa, Ogbadibo, Gwer West, Buruku, Ukum, Kwande, Logo and Ushongo while Mr Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in Tarka, Otukpo, Makurdi and Ohimini LGAs.
In Apa LGA, the APC candidate polled 176 votes while Ortoms PDP garnered 296 votes to win the election in the local government area whereas in Otukpo the APC polled 255 votes to defeat PDP with 250 votes.
In Ogbadibo the PDP won with 467 votes while the APC scored 241 votes. In Ohimini APC polled 2,223 as against PDPs 192 votes.
In Gwer West, APC has 137 votes, PDP 481 votes, APC polled 550 votes in Makurdi, while PDP got 182 votes. The PDP prevailed in Buriku, winning 515 votes to APCs 189 votes.
In Tarka, APC polled 409 votes and the PDP 202 votes, while in Logo, APC scored 34 votes to the PDPs 651 votes.
