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Election Results By States: Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso Win States

Election Results By States: Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso Battle Tough

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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