Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the keenly contested Benue Governorship election held on March 23.
Ortom polled 434,473 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled 345,155 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Sabastine Maimako, declared the result on Sunday in Makurdi.
The total registered votes were 2,471,894, total accredited voters were 858,947 while total valid votes stood at 830,954.