By S. Siapha Mubah
Provisional tallies from Nimba Country Senatorial by-election with 42.66 percent of the votes counted so far, has placed ruling party alliance candidate, Samuel Kogar in a slight lead over his prime competitor, Edith Gongloe-Weh.
Out of the total of 736 polling places across the county, the National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday released results from 316 polling places constituting 42.66% of the total votes from the process.
According to the Commission, Representative Kogar accumulated a total of 22,588 votes constituting 44.05% of the tallied votes while Madam Gongloe-Weh obtained 22,460 votes constituting 43.80%. The combined accumulated votes for rest of the five other candidates summed up to 12.15% collectively.
Reporting the outcome of the electoral decision made by residents of the county on Tuesday April 22, 2025, the chairperson of the commission, Madam Davidetta Browne Lansana asserted that results polling from the 314 places captured a total of 51,277 valid votes.
However, the view of the provisional result released by the NEC authority shows that the final outcome of the senatorial by- election in Nimba is yet to be concluded, which signals the need for all parties to remain calm pending the final results.
With 420 places constituting about 57.06% still uncounted by the commission, it has been observed that the leading candidates have started claiming victories with some supporters reportedly conducting pre-victory celebration in different places across Nimba.
The campaign teams of both Edith Gongloe-Weh and Representative Kogar in different media engagements disclosed by that tallies sheets in their respective war-rooms gave them lead that will result into separate victories.
The NEC provisional results validated Kogar claims despite its incapacity to declare a winner with more polling places to be counted in the soonest possible time.
Currently the variance between the two candidates from the tallied centers stands at 128 votes. The argument of strong whole of the contending candidates remains a living debate with the commission notes specifying the particular areas that are already tallied.
With the NEC release provisional results, it’s yet too close a data to call for an assumptive victory in any candidate’s favor. However, what remains certain is that Nimba County has spoken and a senator is poised to be named by NEC in the next few hours.
