The final votes were the product of merged results of the 25 February and the 15 April supplementary National Assembly election held in the state.
Mr Ukpong-Udo, who is the incumbent lawmaker representing the area in the National Assembly, polled a total of 19,926 votes to defeat his closest opponent and candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Glory Edet, who scored 15,765 votes.
Mr Ukpong-Udo was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2019 under the PDP platform but later defected to the YPP where he secured a return ticket after heThe Electoral body had declared the 25 February election in the area inconclusive and fixed 15 April for the supplementary election. Explaining why the results sheet is dated 15 April when the supplementary election held on the said date was cancelled, Mr Umoh, an official in the publicity department of INEC in the state, said the units where violence occurred the second time are recorded zero.“The valid results of 25 February and the 15 April supplementary election are merged together for a winner to emerge,” Mr Umoh said.
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