#OsunDecides2026: More voters, wider win margin for Adeleke, other insights from election results – Report
The 2026 Osun governorship election produced a striking electoral paradox: more voters came to the polls, both leading candidates increased their parties’ vote totals, yet the gap between the leading candidates, Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party and Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) widened dramatically.
Mr Adeleke, who contested in the state’s 2026 governorship election to seek re-election polled 511,067 votes to defeat APC candidate, Bola Oyebamij, up from the 403,371 votes he secured in 2022 when he contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (APC) against the then incumbent Adegboyega Oyetola of APC.
A comparative analysis by the Athena Election Observatory (AEO) shows that Mr Adeleke’s winning margin increased from 28,344 votes in the 2022 election to 66,252 votes in 2026, a 133.
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