Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), narrowly defeated his opponent Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election in Jigawa State, North-west Nigeria.
At the state collation center on Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Professor Muhammad Bashar, declared Mr Tinubu the winner with 421,390 votes.
Bashar stated that Tinubu defeated the People Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who received 386,587 votes.
Mr Tinubu won with a margin of 34,803.
The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso, got 98,234 votes while Peter Obi of Labour Party got 1, 889
Below are the presidential results from the 27 local government areas
- Gagarawa Local Government
APC 8,091
LP 29
NNPP 3770
PDP 8,870
- Yankwashi Local Government Area
APC 7,920
LP 8
NNPP 480
PDP 6028
- RONI Local Government Area
APC 13073
LP 36
NNPP 622
PDP 8001
- AUYO Local Government Area
APC 18,201
LP 26
NNPP 2,889
PDP 13,210
- Guri Local Government Area
APC 13594
LP 25
NNPP 5913
PDP 6402
- KIYAWA Local Government Area
APC 18,701
LP 35
NNPP 756
PDP 17435
- KAZAURE Local Government Area
APC 9430
LP 119
NNPP 4040
PDP 9827
- GUMEL local government area
APC 6696
LP 78
NNPP 3935
PDP 9816
- KAUGAMA Local Government area
APC 17506
LP 81
NNPP 4174
PDP 14514
- KIRIKASAMA Local Government Area
APC 15455
LP 17
NNPP 2494
PDP 12691
- MALAMMADORI Local Government Area
APC 14586
LP 49
NNPP 2479
PDP 13684
- BUJI Local Government Area
APC. 11,867
LP 9
NNPP 343
PDP 10,868
- SULE TANKARKAR
APC : – 14,971
LP : – 24
NNPP :-1500
PDP: – 12,919
- MIGA local government area
APC : – 15,293
LP : – 9
NNPP :-950
PDP: – 12,038
- GARKI local government area
APC : – 18,332
LP : – 39
NNPP :-6,870
PDP: – 9,614
- TAURA local government area
APC. 18003
- 134
NNPP 6082
PDP. 11339
- Gwiwa Local Government Area
APC. 16309
LP 2
NNPP 165
PDP 7643
- MAIGATARI local government area
APC 14640
LP 34
NNPP 986
PDP. 13973
19: JAHUN Local Government Area
APC. 24338
- 32
NNPP 2133
PDP. 21683
- KAFIN- HAUSA local government area
APC 22108
- 32
NNPP 2108
PDP. 20088
- BIRNIWA local government area
APC 15150
- 29
NNPP. 2196
PDP. 12977
- DUTSE Local Government Area
APC 16, 739
- 553
NNPP 2,717
PDP. 29, 951
- BABURA local government area
APC : – 17,817
LP : -71
NNPP :-4,600
PDP: – 14,069
- RINGIM local government area
APC. 18624
- 57
NNPP 15630
PDP. 11213
- GWARAM Local Government Area
APC. 19026
LP 127
NNPP 12010
PDP 32907
26: BIRNIN KUDU Local Government Area
APC : – 22,592
LP : -98
NNPP :-1,912
PDP: – 34,792
- HADEJIA Local Government Area.
APC 12,328
- 126
ANNP 6,480
PDP. 10, 035