Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Allwell Heacho Onyesoh (from the People's Democratic Party).[1]

District profile

The Rivers East senatorial district has a projected population of 2,670,903. It covers the following local government areas:

LGAProjected
population (2014)
Wards
Emohua263,81714
Etche325,95319
Ikwerre247,90813
Obio-Akpor607,32417
Ogu–Bolo97,58612
Okrika290,11412
Omuma131,14510
Port Harcourt707,05620

Election results

2015

Rivers East Senate district election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP George Sekibo 662,278 92.71
APC Andrew Uchendu 52,064 7.29
Total votes 714,342 100.00
PDP hold

2023

Rivers East Senate district election, 2023[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Onyesoh Allwell 134,283 92
LP Benjamin Okwuwolu 74,725 8
Total votes 848,625 100.00
PDP hold

List of senators

References

  1. "Allwell, Nwogu, Ideozu, Others For New NASS". The Guardian. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. Report, Agency (2023-03-04). "INEC announces winners of National Assembly election in Rivers". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-05-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.