The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the chairmanship and councillor ship seats in the 16 Local Government Areas of Ekiti State in Saturday’s local government election.

Five parties presented candidates for the election.

They were Action Democratic Party, National Democratic Liberty Party, PDP, People’s Party of Nigeria and Social Democratic Party.

The main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress, boycotted the election.

Addressing the newsmen and other stakeholders shortly after the announcement of the results by all the Returning Officers in the LGAs, the Chairman, Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission, retired Justice Kayode Bamisile, said it was peaceful, violence free, fair and free.

According to all the Returning Officers, who were senior academic staff members from tertiary institutions in Ekiti and Ondo States and who took turn to announce the results on Saturday night between 8.30pm and 10pm at the SIEC office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, the local government election was keenly contested by all the five political parties that participated.

In Ido Osi LGA, Returning Officer Isaac Babatunde, announced PDP’s Aladedemi Tunde as winner of the chairmanship election, having polled 24,432 votes against his closest in NDLP’s candidate who polled 121.

In Ekiti East LGA, PDP’s Ogundana Sikiru Sunday was winner having polled 27,918 votes.

In Irepodun Ifelodun LG, from where Governor Ayo Fayose hails, Ebenezer Tunde Bisi, who is the Returning Officer, announced PDP’s Dapo Olagunju as winner having polled 31,724 votes against his runner up of ADP who polled 1,361 votes.

In Moba LGA, Returning Officer Clement Olaoye announced PDP’s Ayeni James as winner having polled 20,444 votes to defeat opposition in ADP, which polled 237.

In Ikere-Ekiti, with Ekiti State’s second largest number of voters, PDP’s Ayeni Aderemi Ezekiel polled 22,354 to emerge winner and in Oye LGA, Sunday Alonge of PDP polled 29,380 to emerge winner.

Ikole LGA has Abiola Racheal Olukayode of PDP polling 29,956 to emerge winner, while in Efon LGA, Yemi Owoeye emerged winner with 11,900 votes.

In Ekiti South West, Omolase Lanre of PDP polled 24,657 to emerge winner, while Akindele Ogidi also of PDP in Gbonyin LGA scored 24,940 to emerge winner.