By Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition
As votes are counted in the ongoing Anambra gubernatorial election, results follow a structured collation process designed to ensure accuracy and transparency before the winner is announced.
Below are processes that the results follow:
State Collation: The State Returning Officer reviews all LGA results, declares the official state-level totals, and announces the winner as the Governor-elect.
Polling Unit Level: After voting ends, the Presiding Officer counts the votes and records the results in Form EC60E, which is posted at the polling unit.
Registration Area (RA) Collation: Results from multiple polling units are sent to the RA Collation Officer, who compiles and forwards them to the Local Government Area (LGA) Collation Officer.
Local Government Area (LGA) Collation: The LGA officer aggregates results from all RAs within the LGA and submits the totals to the State Returning Officer.
