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]
The Rivers East senatorial district has a projected population of 2,670,903. It covers the following local government areas:
LGA | Projected population (2014) |
Wards |
---|---|---|
Emohua | 263,817 | 14 |
Etche | 325,953 | 19 |
Ikwerre | 247,908 | 13 |
Obio-Akpor | 607,324 | 17 |
Ogu–Bolo | 97,586 | 12 |
Okrika | 290,114 | 12 |
Omuma | 131,145 | 10 |
Port Harcourt | 707,056 | 20 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PDP | Onyesoh Allwell | 134,283 | 92 | |
LP | Benjamin Okwuwolu | 74,725 | 8 | |
Total votes | 848,625 | 100.00 | ||
PDP hold |