2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election

2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election
10 October 2020
Turnout31.6% 1.85pp
 
Nominee Rotimi Akeredolu Eyitayo Jegede Agboola Ajayi
Party APC PDP ZLP
Running mate Lucky Aiyedatiwa Gboluga Ikengboju Gboye Adegbenro
Popular vote 292,830 195,791 69,127
Percentage 51.1% 34.2% 12.1%

LGA results
Akeredolu:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Jegede:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Rotimi Akeredolu
APC

Elected Governor

Rotimi Akeredolu
APC

The 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election was held on 10 October 2020. Incumbent APC governor Rotimi Akeredolu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Eyitayo Jegede, ZLP Agboola Ajayi and several minor party candidates.

Rotimi Akeredolu was the APC candidate. He picked Lucky Aiyedatiwa as his running mate.

Eyitayo Jegede was the PDP candidate with Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate. Agboola Ajayi was the ZLP candidate with Gboye Adegbenro as his running mate. Adedapo Benjamin Adelegan stood in for ADC in the polls, while Dotun Ojon represented YPP. 17 candidates contested in the election, all were male, while 2 of the deputy governorship candidates were female.