Election Results By States will clearly give you a quick understanding of how the results came in and which states each candidate won in the general election that took place in Nigeria on Saturday.
The #NigerianElections2023 took place on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 as over 80 million voters were expected to cast their votes in the exercise.
Out of the over 93.5 million registered Nigerians, 87.2 million stormed polling units across the country to vote.
The Presidential Election took place side-by-side across the country with the senatorial/Federal house or representatives elections as the world wait for #INECElectionResult.
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INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu opened the National Collation Centre for the collation and announcement of presidential election results in Abuja by 1 pm of Sunday, February 26, 2023.
Presidential candidates:
18 presidential candidates appeared on the ballot, with four being the most popular ones with greatest chances of winning the position.
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The top four are Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP); Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Number of votes a candidate must clinch and states to win to emerge President:
According to the Nigerian electoral act, a candidate must win the highest number of votes from the total votes cast across the country.
Also, the candidate must also win at least, 25% of the total votes in at least 24 states out of the 36 states and the FCT.
So, what this means is that for any of the candidates to emerge as Nigeria’s president to succeed president Muhammadu Buhari, such a candidate must win highest votes as well as at least 25% in at least 24 states.
After the announcement, Tinubu of the APC won other candidates to emerge winner of the election.
Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat other candidate.
He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
On the other hand, while Atiku of PDP polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election to come second, Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third with a total of 6,101,533 votes.
Meanwhile, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
Election results by states and who won:
1. Presidential Election Result in Ekiti State:
APC 201,494
LP – 11,397
PDP – 89,554
NNPP – 264
Going by the result as announced by INEC, APC’s candidate, Tinubu won the state.
2. Presidential Election Result in Ogun State:
APC – 341,554
LP – 85,829
NNPP – 2,200
PDP – 123,831
In Ogun, Tinubu won the highest votes.
3. Presidential Election Result in Lagos
APC – 572,606
LP – 582,454
NNPP – 8,442
PDP – 75,750
Peter Obi of Labour Parry won the highest votes in Lagos.
4. Presidential Election Result in Kwara State:
APC – 263,572
LP – 31,116
NNPP – 3,101
PDP – 136,909
With the result, Tinubu won the highest votes to win the state.
5. Presidential Election Result in Osun State:
APC – 343,945
LP – 23,283
NNPP – 713
PDP – 354,366
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the highest votes in Osun to win the state.
6. Presidential Election Result in Ondo State:
APC – 369,924
LP – 47,350
NNPP – 930
PDP – 115,463
Tinubu of APC won the highest votes in Ondo to win the state.
7. Presidential Election Result in Oyo State:
APC – 449,884
LP – 99,110
NNPP – 4,095
PDP – 182,977
APC’s Tinubu clinches Oyo state with highest votes won.
8. Presidential Election Result in Yobe State:
APC – 151,459
LP – 2,406
NNPP – 18,270
PDP – 198,567
Atiku of PDP clinches Yobe state with highest votes.
9. Presidential Election Result in Enugu State:
APC – 4,772
LP – 428,640
NNPP – 1,808
PDP – 15,749
Based on the result from Enugu, Peter Obi of Labour Party wins with highest votes.
10. Presidential Election Result in Gombe State:
APC – 146,977
LP – 26,160
NNPP – 10,520
PDP – 319,123
Based on the result, Atiku of PDP has won the states with the highest votes.
11. Presidential Election Result in Jigawa State:
APC – 421,390 –
LP – 1,889
NNPP – 98,234
PDP – 386,587
Tinubu swept the highest votes in Jigawa to emerge winner.
12. Presidential Election Result in Adamawa State:
APC – 182,881
LP – 105,648
NNPP – 8,006
PDP – 417,611
PDP’s Atiku Abubakar swept the majority votes in Adamawa, his own state of origin, to emerge winner.
13. Presidential Election Result in Katsina State:
APC – 482,283
LP – 6,376
NNPP – 69,386
PDP – 489,045
Again, PDP’s Atiku Abubakar swept majority votes in Katsina, President Buhari’s state of origin, to emerge winner.
14. Presidential Election Result in Niger State:
APC – 375,183 –
LP – 80,452
NNPP – 21,836
PDP – 284,898
Based on this result by INEC, APC’s Tinubu won the state.
15. Presidential Election Result in Benue State:
APC – 310,468 – Winner
LP – 308,372
NNPP – 4,740
PDP – 130,081
Again in Benue state, APC’s Tinubu won the highest votes.
16. Presidential Election Result in the FCT:
APC – 90,902
LP – 281,717 –
NNPP – 4,517
PDP – 74,194
The Labour Party candidate won the highest votes in the FCT.
17. Presidential Election Result in Akwa Ibom:
APC – 160,620
LP – 132,683
NNPP – 7,796
PDP – 214,012
PDP’s candidate, Atiku won Akwa Ibom.
18. Presidential Election Result in Edo State:
APC – 144,471
LP – 331,163
NNPP – 2,743
PDP – 89,585
LP’s Peter Obi won Edo State.
19. Presidential Election Result in Abia State:
APC – 8,914
LP – 327,095
NNPP – 1,239
PDP – 22,676
Again, LP’s Peter Obi won Abia state.
20. Presidential Election Result in Kogi State:
APC – 240,751
LP – 56,217
NNPP – 4,238
PDP – 145,104
Based on the result, Tinubu won the state.
21. Presidential Election Result in Bauchi State:
APC – 316,694
LP – 27,373
NNPP – 72,103
PDP – 426,607
Atiku of PDP won the state.
22. Presidential Election Result in Plateau State:
APC – 307,195
LP – 466,272
NNPP – 8,869
PDP – 243,808
Peter Obi of LP won the state.
23. Presidential Election Result in Bayelsa State:
APC – 42,572
LP – 49,975
NNPP – 540
PDP – 68,818
In Bayelsa, Atiku of PDP won the highest votes.
24. Presidential Election Result in Kaduna State:
APC – 399,293
LP – 294,494
NNPP – 92,969
PDP – 554,360
Atiku of PDP won the state.
25. Presidential Election Result in Kebbi State:
APC – 248,088
LP – 10,682
NNPP – 5,038
PDP – 285,175
Again, the PDP’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the state.
26. Presidential Election Result in Kano State:
APC – 517,341
LP – 28,513
NNPP – 997,279
PDP – 131,716
Musa Kwankwaso of the NNPP has just won his first state.
27. Presidential Election Result in Zamfara State:
APC – 298,396
LP – 1,660
NNPP – 4,044
PDP – 193,978
Tinubu of APC won the state.
28. Presidential Election Result in Sokoto State:
APC – 285,444
LP – 6,568
NNPP – 1,300
PDP – 288,679
Atiku of PDP won the state.
29. Presidential Election Result in Cross River State:
APC – 130,520
LP – 179,917
NNPP – 1,644
PDP – 95,425
Peter Obi of Labour Party won the state.
30. Presidential Election Result in Delta State:
APC – 90,183
LP – 341,866
NNPP – 3,122
PDP – 161,600
Again, Peter Obi of Labour Party won Delta state.
31. Presidential Election Result in Ebonyi State:
APC – 42,402
LP – 259,738
NNPP – 1,661
PDP – 13,503
Yet again, Peter Obi of Labour Party won Ebonyi state.
32. Presidential Election Result in Anambra State:
APC – 5,111
LP – 584,621
NNPP – 1,967
PDP – 9,036
Peter Obi of Labour Party won the state’s highest votes.
33. Presidential Election Result in Imo State:
APC – 66,406
LP – 360,495
NNPP – 1,552
PDP – 30,234
Peter Obi won the state
34. Presidential Election Result in Borno State:
APC – 252,282
LP – 7,205
NNPP – 4,626
PDP – 190,921
Tinubu won the state.
35. Presidential Election Result in Taraba State:
APC – 135,165
LP – 146,315
NNPP – 12,818
PDP – 189,017
Based on the result, PDP won the state.
36. Presidential Election Result in Nasarawa State
APC – 172,922
LP – 191,361
NNPP – 12,715
PDP – 147,093
Peter Obi of Labour Party won the state.
37. Presidential Election Result in Rivers State
APC – 231,591
LP – 175,071
NNPP –
PDP – 88,468
Based on the result, Tinubu of APT won in the state.
States won in a glance by candidates:
Tinubu won the election in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.
Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba states. He also won in Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
Obi won in Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states.
Kwankwaso won in only Kano State.
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