THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said the Saturday's Niger-East senatorial bye-election was inconclusive due to irregularities in some polling units.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Niger State, Dr. Emmanuel Onucheyo, said this in Minna at the end of the collation of results.
He said that fresh election would be held in some polling units in the Bosso, Chanchaga, Munya, Paikoro, Rafi and Shiroro Local Government Areas on September 6.
Our correspondent reports that the bye-election was held in the nine council areas of Bosso, Chanchaga, Gurara, Munya, Paikoro, Rafi, Shiroro, Suleja and Tafa.
The REC said the elections in the affected areas were cancelled as a result of violence.
Onucheyo, however, gave the standing results for the four parties that participated in the poll as follows: All Progressive Congress, 84, 689; All Progressives Grand Alliance, 2, 099; Peoples Democratic Party, 89, 640; and the Social Democratic Party, 460.
He said that the number of registered voters was 937, 443; number of accredited voters, 199, 790; and number of valid votes cast, 176, 888.
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