Incumbent PDP Governor Dave Umahi won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Sonni Ogbuoji and several minor party candidates.

[11][12][13][14] Sonni Ogbuoji was the APC candidate with Justin Mbam Ogodo as his running mate.

[65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93] His closest rival was Bernard Odoh, the immediate past secretary to the state government of Ebonyi, who came second with 519 votes.

[94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129] A total number of 37 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total valid votes of 482,018 represents the 37 political parties that participated in the election.