Anambra LG poll: No automatic victory for sole chairmanship candidates — ANSIEC

The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) says determination volition beryllium nary automatic triumph for immoderate chairmanship candidate in Saturday, August 29, 2026, section authorities elections, adjacent wherever lone 1 campaigner is contesting a chairmanship seat.

Addressing journalists on Wednesday at a pre-election briefing astatine the commission’s secretariat successful Awka, ANSIEC Commissioner for Information and Publicity, Sir Tony Chinedu, said sole candidates indispensable inactive unafraid the required bulk of “Yes” votes to beryllium declared winners.

He explained that wherever 2 oregon much candidates are contesting a chairmanship position, the predetermination would proceed done the mean voting process, with the campaigner who polls the highest fig of votes declared the winner.

However, wherever lone 1 campaigner is connected the ballot, voters volition beryllium required to ballot “Yes” oregon “No” for the candidate.

“A sole campaigner volition not beryllium declared the victor automatically,” Chinedu said. “The campaigner indispensable unafraid astatine slightest two-thirds of the ‘Yes’ votes formed to beryllium declared elected. If determination is simply a predominant ‘No’ ballot against the candidate, the predetermination volition beryllium declared inconclusive and the process volition commencement afresh from the enactment primaries.”

The commissioner noted that the aforesaid “Yes/No” rule would not use to councillorship elections, adding that councillors would look done the...