Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has been declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election after defeating his closest challenger, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Oyebamiji, by 66,252 votes.
Osun Election 2026: Adeleke's Landslide Victory
Adeleke secured 511,067 votes, while Oyebamiji polled 444,815 votes in the election held on Saturday, August 15, 2026. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) completed the collation of results from all 30 local government areas before formally declaring Adeleke the winner in the early hours of Sunday, August 16.
The Accord candidate's biggest LGA vote haul came in Osogbo, where he scored 36,480 votes, compared with APC's 30,474. He also recorded 35,427 votes in Ede North, giving him a 25,144-vote advantage over Oyebamiji in that LGA.
APC's Oyebamiji Fights a Strong Campaign
Bola Oyebamiji, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and former Commissioner for Finance in Osun State, won 11 LGAs. Oyebamiji's strongest LGA performance came in Irewole, where he polled 29,972 votes against Adeleke's 10,934 — a margin of 19,038 votes. However, APC's 11 LGA victories were not enough to overcome the larger aggregate margins Adeleke accumulated across his 19 winning councils.
A Close Contest in Several LGAs
Although the election produced a 66,252-vote statewide gap, several local government contests were extremely close. Boluwaduro was one of the tightest races. Adeleke won with 7,118 votes, just 68 votes ahead of Oyebamiji, who scored 7,050. In Isokan, APC's Oyebamiji defeated Adeleke by only 298 votes, polling 14,063 against 13,765. The result in Olaoluwa was also relatively close, with Oyebamiji securing 10,782 votes against Adeleke's 10,163.
Conclusion of the Osun Governorship Election
The result gives Adeleke another four-year term as governor of Osun State. He first became governor after winning the 2022 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party before later leaving the PDP and joining Accord. In the 2026 election, he successfully defended the governorship against an APC campaign led by Oyebamiji and 13 other candidates.
Source: Pulse.ng
