Rivers East senatorial district

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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]

District profile

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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

Election results

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2015

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Rivers East Senate district election, 2015
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

2023

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Rivers East Senate district election, 2023[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Onyesoh Allwell 134,283 92
LP Benjamin Okwuwolu 74,725 8
Total votes 848,625 100.00
PDP hold

List of senators

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References

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  1. ^ "Allwell, Nwogu, Ideozu, Others For New NASS". The Guardian. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ^ Report, Agency (2023-03-04). "INEC announces winners of National Assembly election in Rivers". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
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