How Tinubu emerges tops in a tight presidential race

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How Tinubu emerges tops in a tight presidential race

Last Saturday, Nigerians across the country filed out to elect the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)’s successor.

During the early hours of Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect.

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, was declared the president-elect after the 70-year-old polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.

The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced Tinubu as the winner at the International Collation Centre in Abuja.

However, the three leading presidential candidates won in 12 states each. Aside the eventual winner, other candidates are Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour party respectively.

Below is the breakdown of states won by the trio:

Tinubu

1) EKITI

APC 201,494

LP 11,397

PDP 89,554

2) OGUN

APC 341,558

LP 85,829

PDP 123,831

3) OYO

APC 449,884

LP 99,110

PDP 182,977

4) KWARA

APC 263,572

LP 31,141

PDP 136,909

5) ONDO

APC 369,924

LP 44,405

PDP 115,463

6) JIGAWA

APC 421,390

LP 1,889

PDP 386,587

7) BENUE

APC 31O,468

LP 308,372

PDP 130,081

8) NIGER

APC 375,183

LP 80,452

PDP 284,898

9) KOGI

APC 240,751

LP 56,217

PDP 145,104

10) ZAMFARA

APC 298,396

LP 1,660

PDP 193,978

11) RIVERS

APC 231,591

LP 175,071

PDP 88,468

12) BORNO

APC 252,282

LP 7,205

PDP 190,921

Atiku Abubakar

1) OSUN

APC 343,945

LP 23,283

PDP 354,366

2) YOBE

APC 151,459

LP 2,406

PDP 196,567

3) KATSINA

APC 482,283

LP 6,376

PDP 489,045

4) ADAMAWA

APC 182,881

LP 105,648

PDP 417,611

5) TARABA

APC 135,165

LP 146,315

PDP 189,017

6) KADUNA

APC 399,293

LP 294,494

PDP 554,360

7) BAYELSA

APC 42,572

LP 49,975

PDP 68,818

8) SOKOTO

APC 285,444

LP 6,568

PDP 288,679

9) Akwa/Ibom

APC 160,620

LP 132,683

PDP 214,012

10) BAUCHI

APC 316,694

LP 27,373

PDP 426,607

11) KEBBI

APC 248,088

LP 10,682

PDP 285,175

12) GOMBE

APC 146,977

LP 26,160

PDP 319,123

Peter Obi

1) Enugu: APC 4,772

LP 428,640

PDP 15,749

2) LAGOS APC 572,606

LP 584,454

PDP 75,750

3) NASARAWA

APC 172,922

LP 191,361

PDP 147,093

4) DELTA

APC 90,183

LP 314,866

PDP 161,600

5) IMO

APC 66,406

LP 360,495

PDP 30,234

6) Cross River

APC 130,520

LP 179,917

PDP 95,425

7) EBONYi

APC 42,402

LP 259,739

PDP 13,503

8) ANAMBRA

APC 5,111

LP 584,621

PDP 9,036

9) FCT

APC 90,902

LP 281,717

PDP 74,194

10) ABIA

APC 8,914

LP 327,095

PDP 22,676

11) EDO

APC 144,471

LP 331,163

PDP 89,585

12) PLATEAU

APC 307,195

LP 466,272

PDP 243,808

Kwankwaso

1) KANO

APC 517,341

LP 28,513

PDP 131,176

NNPP 997,279

SUB-TOTAL

APC 8,794,726

PDP 6,984,520

LP 6,101,533

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