Live Updates: Final Presidential Election Results Declared By INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has commenced the announcement of the final Presidential election results recorded in various states in the country, with most Nigerians anxiously waiting to know who is winning.

Naija News reports that INEC commenced the Presidential and National Assembly elections at exactly 8 am on Saturday, February 23, amidst tight security.

Nigerians voted from a list of seventy-two (72) Presidential candidates and 6,584 National Assembly candidates.

Ninety-one (91) political parties are participating in the 2019 general elections, however, some would not be fielding candidate for the position of the president, while others endorsed candidates of the PDP and APC.

According to the figures recently released by INEC, there are currently 84,004,084 registered voters compared to 67,422,005 in the 2015 elections.

In the build-up to the elections, Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, have popped up clearly as top contenders for the office of the president.

This online news platform understands that Atiku is winning in some part of the country. Buhari is winning also in some places where elections took place.

Naija News brings live updates of the official Presidential election results recorded in each state as announced by INEC, the only body recognised by law to declare election result.

Below are the results… (PLEASE REFRESH ALWAYS)

Note: INEC has adjourned results collation till 10 a.m on Tuesday (today).

Ebonyi State:

Collation Officer: Francis Eze.

Registered- 1,392,931

Accredited- 391,747

APC-90,726

PDP-258,573

Valid- 359,131

Rejected- 20,263

Total- 379,394

Cancelled- 54,668 due to overvoting from not using Smart Card Reader.

Enugu State:

State collation officer: Joseph Eberendu

Registered voters- 1,935,168

Accredited- 452,765

APC-54,423

PDP-355,553

Valid- 421,014

Rejected- 30,049

Total-451,063

Cancelled- 2,910.

Yobe State:

State collation officer: Abubakar Musa

Registered voters – 1,365,913

Accredited – 601,059

APC- 497,914

PDP- 50,763

Valid – 559,365

Rejected – 26,772

Total – 586,137.

Abia

State collation officer: Chinedu Nwajuba, VC of Alex Ekwueme University, Ebonyi.

Registered voters- 1,793,861

Accredited voters- 361,561

APC- 85,058

PDP- 219,698

Valid votes -323,291

Rejected votes – 21,180

Total votes cast – 344,471

Cancelled – 59,825.

Ondo State:

Collation officer: Kayode Soremekun.

Total registered voters- 1,812,567

Accredited voters- 598,586

APC- 241,769

PDP- 275,901

Valid- 555,994

Rejected- 30,833

Total- 586 827

Cancelled votes- 42,283.

Gombe State:

Collation officer: Kyari Mohammed.

Total registered voters- 1,385,191

Accredited voters- 604,240

APC- 402,961

PDP- 138,484

Valid- 554,203

Rejected- 26,446

Total-580,649

Cancelled- 7090

The collation office gave transport issues as the reason.

Kogi State:

State collation Officer, M.U. Adiku, Vice-Chancellor University Abuja.

Total registered voters- 1,640,449

Accredited voter- 570,773.

APC- 285,894

PDP- 218,207

Valid-521,016

Rejected- 32,480

Total- 553,496

A total of 89,101 cancelled votes due to issues at some polling unit across local government.

Nasarawa State:

State collation officer: Azubike Nwakor, academy provost of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).

Registered voters – 1,509,481

Accredited voters- 614,720

APC- 289,903

PDP- 283,847

Valid votes- 580,778

Rejected vote- 18621

Total- 599,399

Cancelled votes in 86 polling units across 7 local government giving a total of 157,591.

Kwara State:

Registered voters- 1,401,895

Accredited voters- 489,482

APC- 308,984

PDP- 138,184

Valid- 459,676

Rejected- 26,578

Total vote cast- 486, 254

Cancelled vote; in Baruten LGA- 779, Edu LGA-725, and illorin West- 1,838 giving a total of 3,342.

FCT, Abuja:

State collation officer: Mohammed Sulieman.

Total registered voters – 1,335,015

Accredited votes – 423,951

Valid votes – 423,951

Rejected – 27,457

Total votes cast- 451,408

APC- 152, 224

PDP- 259,997.

Osun State:

Registered Voters: 1674729

Accredited Voters: 732984

APC 347,634

PDP: 337,377

Total valid votes: 714,682

Rejected votes: 17200

Total votes cast: 731882

Cancelled Votes: 12082.

Ekiti State:

Registered voters 899,919

Accredited voters: 395,701

APC, 219,231

PDP: 154,032

Total Valid Votes: 381,132

Rejected Votes:    12,577

Total Votes Cast: 393,709.

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