Osun Election: Full List Of How All 15 Governorship Candidates Performed

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially released the final results of the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke emerging victorious.

According to Ireporter Online, INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, declared Adeleke of the Accord Party the winner after he secured the highest number of votes across the 30 local government areas of the state.

Adeleke won 19 local government areas, while his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), secured victory in 11 local government areas.

The election recorded 1,010,684 accredited voters, with 985,079 valid votes, 207 rejected ballots and 1,005,800 total votes cast.

Adeleke polled 511,067 votes to defeat Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes. The ADC candidate, Najeem Salam, finished a distant third with 17,180 votes.

The full performance of the 15 candidates in the election is as follows:

1. Ademola Adeleke – Accord Party: 511,067 votes
2. Bola Oyebamiji – All Progressives Congress: 444,815 votes
3. Najeem Salam – African Democratic Congress: 17,180 votes
4. Adeagbo Opawoye – African Democratic Party: 2,946 votes
5. Adefemi Adesuyi – Zenith Labour Party: 2,482 votes
6. Olanrewaju Farinloye – Action Alliance: 2,308 votes
7. Adesina Adeyemi-Doro – All Progressives Grand Alliance: 1,475 votes
8. Olajide Esan – African Action Congress: 1,458 votes
9. Olalekan Ogunsakin – Young Progressives Party: 534 votes
10. Adewale Adebayo – Allied Peoples Movement: 234 votes
11. Francis Ajala – Social Democratic Party: 155 votes
12. Taofeek Adeleke – New Nigeria Peoples Party: 118 votes
13. Clement Adesuyi – Action Peoples Party: 114 votes
14. Masilo Adeleke – Boot Party: 111 votes
15. Saliu Oyelami – Peoples Redemption Party: 83 votes

The result places Adeleke ahead by 66,252 votes, securing him another four-year mandate to govern Osun State.