Completed · verified 16 August 2026
2026 Osun Governorship Election
INEC State Returning Officer Professor Joshua Ogunwole declared Ademola Adeleke of Accord elected with 511,067 votes, a margin of 66,252 over Bola Oyebamiji (APC).
Registered
2,339,233
Accredited
1,010,604
Votes cast
1,005,800
Valid
985,079
Rejected
20,721
Declared candidate totals
Only candidate totals corroborated across the preserved declaration reports are published. The remaining valid votes are not assigned to candidates without adequate evidence.
Accord (A)
511,067
DECLARED WINNER
All Progressives Congress (APC)
444,815
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
17,180
All 14 final candidates
- Ademola Adeleke — A
- Bola Oyebamiji — APC
- Najeem Salaam — ADC
- Farinloye Olanrewaju — AA · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Esan Olajide — AAC · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Adeagbo Opawoye Yemisi — ADP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Adesina Adeyemi-Doro — APGA · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Adewale Adebayo — APM · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Clement Adesuyi — APP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Masilo Adeleke — BP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Taofeek Adeleke — NNPP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Saliu Oyelami — PRP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Ogunsakin Olalekan — YPP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
- Adefemi Adesuyi — ZLP · vote total not published without adequate evidence
All 30 LGA results
Top-three candidate totals. The columns reconcile exactly to the published statewide totals: Accord 511,067, APC 444,815, ADC 17,180. A preserved source discrepancy exists for Olaoluwa: Pulse rendered Accord as 10,163; CivicNG uses Nairametrics' 10,063, which reconciles to the declared statewide total.
| LGA | Accord | APC | ADC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olorunda | 23,514 | 24,671 | 666 |
| Ejigbo | 18,458 | 16,195 | 5,053 |
| Ife South | 13,507 | 14,678 | 290 |
| Olaoluwa | 10,063 | 10,782 | 213 |
| Isokan | 13,765 | 14,063 | 384 |
| Ayedaade | 16,681 | 15,719 | 331 |
| Egbedore | 19,278 | 11,194 | 363 |
| Atakumosa East | 7,872 | 9,936 | 333 |
| Aiyedire | 11,073 | 9,910 | 148 |
| Irewole | 10,934 | 29,972 | 275 |
| Ila | 16,211 | 12,934 | 259 |
| Ede North | 35,427 | 10,283 | 307 |
| Iwo | 27,085 | 19,660 | 588 |
| Atakumosa West | 7,479 | 10,037 | 213 |
| Ifelodun | 21,107 | 18,396 | 509 |
| Ife East | 27,201 | 18,600 | 935 |
| Odo-Otin | 18,003 | 15,435 | 377 |
| Oriade | 21,343 | 14,863 | 423 |
| Osogbo | 36,480 | 30,474 | 1,503 |
| Orolu | 12,352 | 10,622 | 236 |
| Obokun | 12,023 | 16,120 | 205 |
| Irepodun | 14,504 | 15,713 | 249 |
| Boripe | 12,448 | 19,963 | 379 |
| Ife Central | 21,171 | 15,913 | 747 |
| Boluwaduro | 7,118 | 7,050 | 179 |
| Ede South | 26,188 | 6,219 | 390 |
| Ife North | 13,879 | 9,613 | 333 |
| Ilesa West | 16,196 | 12,756 | 673 |
| Ifedayo | 7,427 | 6,836 | 115 |
| Ilesa East | 12,280 | 16,208 | 504 |
Evidence and provenance
INEC IReV identifies the election and had 3,739 of 3,763 expected polling-unit documents available at capture. Declaration figures are linked as corroborating reports, not mislabeled as INEC publications.
- INEC IReV Osun governorship election record and upload statistics (Independent National Electoral Commission; primary)
- Report of INEC final candidate list (Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation; official-secondary)
- INEC final list reported with all 14 parties (Premium Times; independent-corroboration)
- Report of INEC readiness briefing and registered-voter total (Radio Nigeria; official-secondary)
- Report of INEC state collation with statewide and 30-LGA figures (Pulse Nigeria; independent-corroboration)
- Independent report of the INEC Osun declaration (Nairametrics; independent-corroboration)