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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/02/26/live-updates-final-presidential-election-results-declared-by-inec/
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