The All Progressive Congress(APC) senatorial candidate for Benue North East otherwise known as Benue zone A, Emmanuel Udende Tordwem has defeated Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate Gabriel Suswam, to clinch the seat.
Udende polled 141,405 votes to beat Suswam, a former Governor, who garnered 103,303 votes .
Udende was a former House of Representatives member for Katsina Ala Ukum and Logo federal constituency.
Below is the full announcement by INEC;
2023 Zone A Election Result
Ukum:
APC: 24,375
PDP: 14,472
Katsina-Ala
APC: 23,500
PDP: 10398
Logo
APC: 8,325
PDP: 16471
Kwande
APC: 23,335
PDP: 16,245
Ushongo
APC: 17,528
PDP: 15,237
Vandeikya
APC: 34968
PDP: 15,368
Konshisha
APC: 9,314
PDP: 19,112
Totals:
APC’s Rt. Hon Emmanuel Udende: 141,405
PDP’s Gabriel Suswam: 107,303