#NigeriaDecides2023: Presidential Election Results by INEC

#NigeriaDecides2023: Presidential Election Results by INEC


INEC began announcing the results of Nigeria's presidential election on Sunday after voting was conducted in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The election was contested by 18 candidates, but four are seen as major contenders. The winning candidate must receive the highest number of votes and at least 25% of votes in 25 states.



The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has entered the final stage of the collation and announcement of the results of the presidential election in Nigeria. The election was held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday, with a total of 18 presidential candidates contesting. However, the election was postponed until Sunday in some polling units in different states due to violence, logistical problems, theft of BVAS, and other issues.

Despite the challenges, the election has been largely concluded across the country, with some states having already finished collating the results at the ward, local government, and state levels. INEC collation officers across the states are expected to present their final tallies at the National Collation Centre in Abuja from 6 p.m. on Sunday, with state collation officers taking turns to present their results.

The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who presides over the proceedings at the National Collation Centre, is the Chief Returning Officer of the presidential election. He will make the announcement of the final results and declare the winner of the election after taking the results of the elections from the polling units across the country.

This year’s general election is the seventh since the restoration of democracy in the country, with previous elections held in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. Described as the most keenly contested poll in Nigeria’s contemporary political history, this year’s ballots had 18 registered parties to be voted for, with four major contenders: Atiku Abubakar of PDP, Bola Tinubu of APC, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of NNPP.

To be declared the winner, a candidate must score the highest number of votes and at least 25% of votes in 25 states (two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the federal capital, Abuja). Despite the delays and challenges, many Nigerians are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the election, which will determine the country’s political direction for the next four years.



Presidential Election Results

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STATESAPCLPNNPPPDPAbuja(FCT) 90,902 281,717 4,517 74,194
Abia 8,914 327,095 1,239 22,676
Adamawa 182,881 105,648 8006 417,611
Akwa Ibom 160,620 132,683 7,796 214,012
Anambra 5111 584,621 1,967 9,036
Bauchi 316,694 27,373 72,103 426,607
Bayelsa 42,572 49,975 540 68,818
Benue 310,648 308,372 4740 130081
Borno 252,282 7,205 4,626 190,921
Cross River 130,520 179,917 16,644 95, 425
Delta 90,183 341,866 3,122 161,600
Ebonyi 42,402 259,738 1,661 13,503
Edo 144,471 331,163 2,743 89,585
Ekiti 201,494 11,396 264 89,554
Enugu 4,772 428,740 1808 15749
Gombe 146,977 26,160 10,520 319,123
Imo 66,406 360,495 1552 30,234
Jigawa 421,390 1,889 98,234 386,587
Kaduna 399,293 294,494 92,969 554,360
Kano 517,341 28,513 997,279 131,716
Katsina 482,283 6,376 69,386 489,045
Kebbi 248,088 10,682 5038 285,175
Kogi 240,751 56,217 4,238 145,104
Kwara 263, 572 31, 166 3,141 136, 909
Lagos 572,606 582,454 8,442 75,750
Nassarawa 172,922 191,361 12,715 147,083
Niger 375,183 80452 21836 284,898
Ogun 341,554 85,829 2200 123,831
Ondo 369,924 47,350 930 115,463
Osun 343,945 23,283 713 354,366
Oyo 449, 884 99, 110 4,095 182,977
Plateau 307,195 466,272 8,869 243,808
Rivers 231,591 175,071 1,322 88,468
Sokoto 285,444 6,568 1,300 288,679
Taraba 135,165 146,315 12,818 189,017
Yobe 151,459 2406 18,270 198, 567
Zamfara 298,396 1,660 4,044 93,978
TOTAL 8,794,726 6,101,533 1,496,687 6,984,520