Buhari has emerged winner of the just concluded Presidential election with total of 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku scored 11,262,978 at the end of national collation of results in Abuja.
Other contenders for the office of the President namely: Omoyele Sowore polled 33,953; Kingsley Moghalu polled 21,886 while Oby Ezekwesili polled 7,223.
The records further showed that, Fela Durotoye -polled 16,779; Tope Fasua polled 4,340; Chris Okotie- polled 4,554 while Donald Duke-34,746 during the keenly contested general election.
Buhari won 19 out of the 37 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) leaving Atiku with 17 States.
After the conclusion of the exercise, the INEC Chairman said: “I Professor mahmood Yakubu hereby certify that I was the Returning Officer for the Presidential election held 23 February, that the election was contested, that the candidates received the following votes.
“That Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared winner and is returned as the President,” the INEC chairman announced.
Breakdown of the collated votes across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) below:
1. EKITI APC: 219, 231 PDP: 154, 032
2. OSUN APC: 347, 634 PDP: 337, 634
3. FCT APC: 152, 224 PDP: 259, 997
4. KWARA APC: 308, 984 PDP: 138, 984
5. NASARAWA APC: 289, 903 PDP: 283, 847
6. KOGI APC: 285, 894 PDP: 218, 207
7. GOMBE APC: 402, 961 PDP: 138, 484
8. ONDO APC: 241, 769 PDP: 275, 901
9. ABIA APC: 85, 058 PDP: 219, 698
10. YOBE APC: 497, 914 PDP: 50, 763
11. ENUGU APC: 54, 423 PDP: 355, 553
12. EBONYI APC: 90, 726 PDP: 258, 573
13. NIGER APC: 612, 371 PDP: 218, 052
14. JIGAWA APC: 794, 738 PDP: 289, 895
15. KADUNA APC: 993, 445. PDP: 649, 612
16. ANAMBRA APC: 33, 298 PDP: 524, 738
17. OYO APC: 365, 229 PDP: 366, 690
18. ADAMAWA APC: 378, 078 PDP: 410, 266
19. BAUCHI APC: 798, 428 PDP: 209, 313
20. LAGOS APC: 580, 825 PDP: 448, 015
21.OGUN APC: 281, 762 PDP: 194, 655
22. EDO APC: 267, 842 PDP: 275, 691
23. BENUE APC: 347, 668 PDP: 356, 668
24. IMO APC: 140, 463 PDP: 334, 923
25. PLATEAU APC: 468, 555 PDP: 548, 665
26. KANO APC: 1, 464, 768 PDP: 391, 593
27. KATSINA APC : 1, 232, 133 PDP: 308, 056
28. TARABA APC: 324, 906 PDP: 374, 743
29. CROSS RIVER APC: 117, 302 PDP: 295, 737
30.BORNO APC: 836, 396 PDP: 71, 788
31. DELTA APC: 221, 292 PDP: 594, 068
32. BAYELSA APC: 118, 821 PDP : 197, 533
33. SOKOTO APC: 490, 333 PDP: 361, 604
34. KEBBI APC: 581, 552 PDP: 154, 282
35. ZAMFARA APC: 438, 682 PDP: 125, 423
36. RIVERS APC: 150, 710 PDP: 473, 971
37. AKWA IBOM APC: 175, 429 PDP: 395, 822
TOTAL APC: 15,191,847 PDP: 11,262,978
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