By Marcus Ikechukwu
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will on Tuesday and Wednesday next week present Certificates of Return (CoR) to victorious national assembly candidates in last Saturday’s election.
Winners have been declared for 423 seats consisting of 325 house of representatives seats and 98 senatorial seats.
Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC, disclosed during a meeting with state resident electoral commissioners in Abuja that supplementary elections will be held in 46 constituencies where elections did not hold last week.
Yakubu noted that “this is the most diverse national assembly since 1999 ” with eight political parties winning at least a seat in the Senate and nine parties making it to the house of representatives.
Pending the supplementary election, the result of the last senatorial election is as follows: APC (57), APGA(1), Labour Party (6), NNPP (2), PDP (29), SDP(2) and YPP (1).
For House of Representatives, It is ADC(2), APC (162),APGA(4), Labour Party (34), NNPP(18) PDP (102),SDP(2) and YPP (1).
The commission said that Certificates of Return will be presented to Senators-elect on Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 11.00 am at the National Collation Centre (the International Conference Centre), Abuja, while Members of the House of Representatives-elect will receive theirs on the following day, Wednesday 8th March 2023, at 11.00 am at the same venue.
“However, for effective crowd management, each Senator/Member-elect should be accompanied by a maximum of two guests. The comprehensive list of all members-elect will be uploaded to the Commission’s website shortly.”
