Incumbent Senator James Manager of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Delta South senatorial seat.
Manager polled 258,812 votes to win Uduaghan who garnered 125,776 votes.
The results were announced by the INEC Returning Officer in charge of the area, Prof. Oladipupo Adesina of the University of Benin.
Prof. Adesina announced the results this morning in Oleh.
Below is the breakdown of the results announced by INEC.
- PATANI LGA
PDP 16,994
APC 4,925 - ISOKO SOUTH LGA PDP 18,145. APC 12,184
- BOMADI LGA
PDP 61,868
APC 2,123 - WARRI NORTH LGA
PDP 20,594
APC 18,058 - ISOKO NORTH LGA
PDP 18,745
APC 7,029 - BURUTU LGA
PDP 40,088
APC 5,145 - WARRI SOUTH LGA
PDP 15,132
APC 17,689 - WARRI SOUTH WEST
PDP 66,241
APC 57,646
TOTAL : PDP= 258,812
APC= 125,776
DIFFERENCE : 133,036