Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu state, has lost his bid to represent Enugu north district in the senate.
The governor was defeated by Okechukwu Ezea, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the district.
Ugwuanyi, a two-term governor, is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the election.
Announcing the result in the early hours of Monday, Chukwuemeka Ubaka, the returning officer, said the LP candidate polled 104,492 votes to defeat Ugwuanyi who had 46,948 votes.
Ejike Eze, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), secured 6,816 votes.
