According to the Nigerian constitution, a candidate will be regarded as duly elected into the Office of Governor of the State where he has the highest number of votes cast at the election. He must also have at least one-quarter (25%) of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the Local Government Areas in the State.

https://www.naijalegaltalkng.com/article/election-series/276-legal-requirements-for-becoming-the-governor-of-a-state-in-nigeria

Based on the results declared so far, the candidate of the PDP ( Emeka Ihedioha) has secured the highest number of votes but has failed to meet 25% requirement of 2/3 of the Local Government Areas in the State.

Imo state has 27 LGAS and 2/3 of 27 will imply 18 LGAs however based on the result announced by INEC, the PDP candidate has failed to meet the 25% requirement in 10 LGAs and the number might still increase as more results are announced.

https://www.bbc.com/igbo/resources/idt-c6067ffb-5955-4352-9217-8165997aa7ee

Abo-Mbaise

Ihedioha Emeka 64,219 83.19%
Nwosu Uche 4,296 5.56%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,479 4.51%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 441 0.57%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 21 0.03%


Ehime-Mbano

Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 12,410 44.37%
Nwosu Uche 5,477 19.58%
Ihedioha Emeka 5,238 18.73%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,094 11.06%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 5 0.02%

Ezinihitte

Ihedioha Emeka 30,035 82.27%
Nwosu Uche 2,646 7.25%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,462 4%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 1,356 3.71%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 10 0.03%

Ideato North

Nwosu Uche 5,599 35.96%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,723 23.91%
Ihedioha Emeka 3,064 19.68%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 2,152 13.82%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 5 0.03%

Ihitte/Uboma

Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 5,692 28.72%
Nwosu Uche 5,444 27.47%
Ihedioha Emeka 4,235 21.37%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,160 15.94%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 1 0.01%

Ikeduru

Ihedioha Emeka 14,848 56.06%
Nwosu Uche 4,006 15.12%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,139 11.85%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 2,088 7.88%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 16 0.06%

Mbaitoli

Ihedioha Emeka 13,358 37.98%
Nwosu Uche 5,869 16.69%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 5,777 16.42%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,704 10.53%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 5 0.01%

Njaba

Nwosu Uche 8,297 44.65%
Ihedioha Emeka 4,043 21.76%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,480 18.73%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 1,970 10.6%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 4 0.02%

Nkwerre

Nwosu Uche 8,205 57.88%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 2,147 15.14%
Ihedioha Emeka 1,889 13.32%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 1,104 7.79%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 3 0.02%

Nwangele

Nwosu Uche 9,924 51.32%
Ihedioha Emeka 3,482 18.01%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 2,067 10.69%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,831 9.47%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 1 0.01%

Obowo

Ihedioha Emeka 6,198 33.31%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 5,385 28.94%
Nwosu Uche 4,929 26.49%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,389 7.46%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 3 0.02%

Oguta

Ihedioha Emeka 5,663 41.41%
Nwosu Uche 3,431 25.09%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 2,441 17.85%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,644 12.02%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 212 1.55%

Okigwe

Nwosu Uche 8,469 33.37%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 8,365 32.96%
Ihedioha Emeka 5,443 21.45%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,843 7.26%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 2 0.01%

Onuimo

Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 4,577 36.71%
Nwosu Uche 4,173 33.47%
Ihedioha Emeka 2,063 16.55%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,217 9.76%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 0

Orlu

Nwosu Uche 9,659 43.52%
Ihedioha Emeka 5,053 22.77%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 3,421 15.41%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 3,007 13.55%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 9 0.04%

Oru West

Uzodinma Hope Odidika 6,435 28.76%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 5,764 25.76%
Nwosu Uche 5,016 22.42%
Ihedioha Emeka 4,393 19.63%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 14 0.06%

Owerri Municipal

Ihedioha Emeka 10,118 59.29%
Nwosu Uche 2,617 15.34%
Araraume Ifeanyi Godwin 1,549 9.08%
Uzodinma Hope Odidika 1,540 9.02%
Okorie Linus Chinedu 19 0.11%

leave them, they won't listen

Memgbe..
There is no Jupiter that can save Uche. He must surely lose.

Sultannayef:
Memgbe..
There is no Jupiter that can save Uche. He must surely lose.

until then, but there should be a run off first

Section 179. (1) A candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemed to have been duly elected to such office where, being the only candidate nominated for the election-

(a) he has a majority of YES votes over NO votes cast at the election; and

(b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the State,

but where the only candidate fails to be elected in accordance with this subsection, then there shall be fresh nominations.

(2) A candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates -

(a) he has the highest number of votes cast at the election; and

(b) he has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the State.

(3) In default of a candidate duly elected in accordance with subsection (2) of this section there shall be a second election in accordance with subsection (4) of this section at which the only candidates shall be -

(a) the candidate who secured the highest number of votes cast at the election; and

(b) one among the remaining candidates who secured a majority of votes in the highest number of local government areas in the State, so however that where there are more than one candidate with a majority of votes in the highest number of local government areas, the candidate among them with the next highest total of votes cast at the election shall be the second candidate.

(4) In default of a candidate duly elected under subsection (2) of this section, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall within seven days of the result of the election held under that subsection, arrange for an election between the two candidates and a candidate at such election shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of Governor of a State if -

(a) he has a majority of the votes cast at the election; and

(b) he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the State.

(5) In default of a candidate duly elected under subsection (4) of this section, the Independent National Electoral Commission shall within seven days of the result of the election held under that subsection, arrange for another election between the two candidates to which that sub-paragraph relates and a candidate at such election shall be deemed to have been duly elected to the office of governor of a State if he has a majority of the votes cast at the election.