The Independent National Electoral Commission has formally declared incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari winner of last Saturday’s Nigerian presidential election.
At the close of collation of results this morning at about 4.39am, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, as Chief Returning Officer of the election, announced that Buhari had met all the requirements to be declared winner according to the electoral law, having amassed a total of 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival and PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar who got 11,262,978 across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory.
2019 Presidential Election Results
1. Ekiti: APC 219,321, PDP 154,032
2. Osun; APC 347,634, PDP, 337,377
3. FCT: APC, 152,224, PDP 259,997
4. Kwara: APC, 308,984, PDP, 138,184
5. Nasarawa: APC, 289,903, PDP, 283,847
6. Kogi: APC, 285,894, PDP 218,207
7. Gombe: APC, 402,961, PDP, 138, 484
8. Ondo: APC, 241,769, PDP, 275,901
9. Abia: APC, 85,068, PDP 219,698
10. Yobe: APC : 497, 914; PDP: 50, 763
11. Enugu: APC, 54,423, PDP, 355,553
12. Ebonyi: APC, 90,726, PDP, 258,573
13. Niger: APC, 612,371, PDP, 218,052
14. Jigawa: APC, 794, 738, PDP, 289, 895
15. Kaduna: APC, 993,445, PDP, 649, 612
16. Anambra: APC, 33, 298, PDP, 524, 738
17. Oyo: APC, 365 229, PDP, 366, 690
18. Adamawa:APC, 378,078, PDP, 410,266
19. Bauchi: APC, 798, 428, PDP: 209,313
20. Lagos: APC, 580, 825, PDP, 448, 015
21. Ogun: APC, 281, 875, PDP, 194, 655
22. Edo: APC, 267,842, PDP, 275, 691
23. Benue: APC, 347,668, PDP, 356,817
24. Imo: APC, 140, 463, PDP, 334, 923
25. Plateau: APC, 468,555, PDP, 548, 665
26. Kano: APC, 1, 464,768, PDP, 391, 593
27. Katsina: APC:1,232,133, PDP: 308,056
28. Taraba: APC, 324, 906, PDP, 374,743
29. Cross River:APC:117,302, PDP: 295, 737
30. Akwa Ibom: APC, 175,429, PDP, 395,832
31. Borno: APC, 836 496, PDP, 71, 788
32. Delta: APC, 221,292, PDP, 594,068
33. Bayelsa: APC, 118,821 PDP, 197,933
34. Sokoto: APC, 490,333, PDP, 361,604
35. Kebbi: APC, 581,552, PDP, 154,282
36. Zamfara: APC, 438, 682, PDP, 125,423
37. Rivers: APC, 150,710, PDP, 473,971
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