President Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been officially declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election.
The process was marred by incidents of irregularities, as well as violence, which led to cancellation of elections in some areas.
The election also recorded a significant low turnout of voters.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced that more than 70 million people obtained Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to participate in the elections. However, significantly less than 30 million people participated in the electoral process.
According to an official declaration by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Buhari polled APC 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled PDP 11,262,978 votes.
Buhari got landslide-winning figures from the North, with more than 70 parties fielded candidates for the presidential election.
Yakubu formally declared Buhari “winner and returned elected” at exactly 4:39am Nigerian time.
Collated presidential result by each political parties is presented below;
Registered voters: 82,344,107
Accredited voters: 29,364,209
Valid votes: 27,324,583
Rejected votes: 1,289,607
Total votes cast: 28,614,190
A – 19,209
AA – 14,280
AAC – 33,953
AAP – 8,902
ABP – 4,523
ACD – 11,325
ACPN – 7,223
ADC – 97,874
ADP – 54,930
AGA – 4,689
AGAP – 3,071
ANDP – 3,104
ANN – 16,779
ANP – 3,586
ANRP – 4,340
APA – 36,866
APC – 15,191,847
APDA – 26,558
APGA – 66,851
APM – 26,039
APP – 3,585
ASD – 2146
AUN – 1,092
BNPP – 1,649
CAP – 1,111
CC – 2,391
CNP – 1,874
DA – 2,769
DPC – 5,242
DPP – 14,483
FRESH – 4,554
FJP – 4,174
GDPN – 41,852
GPN – 4,924
HDP – 1,663
ID – 1,845
JMPP – 1,853
KP – 1,911
LM – 1438
LP – 5,074
MAJA – 2651
MMN – 14,540
MPN – 2,752
NAC – 2,279
NCMP – 1,378
NCP – 3,799
NDCP – 1,192
NDLP – 1,588
NEPP – 1,524
NFD – 4,096
NIP – 2,248
NNPP – 6,111
NPC – 10,081
NRM – 6,229
NUP – 5,323
PCP – 110,196
PDP – 11, 262,978
PPA – 21,822
PPC – 8,979
PPN – 4,622
PT – 2,613
RAP – 2,972
RBNP – 1,792
RP – 2,388
SDP – 34,746
SNC – 28,680
SNP – 3,941
UDP – 3,170
UP – 1,561
UPN – 1,631
WTPN – 732
YES – 2394
YPP – 21,886
Presented by Prof Mahmood Yakubu
