The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has entered the final stage of the collation and announcement of the results of the presidential election in Nigeria. The election was held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday, with a total of 18 presidential candidates contesting. However, the election was postponed until Sunday in some polling units in different states due to violence, logistical problems, theft of BVAS, and other issues.

Despite the challenges, the election has been largely concluded across the country, with some states having already finished collating the results at the ward, local government, and state levels. INEC collation officers across the states are expected to present their final tallies at the National Collation Centre in Abuja from 6 p.m. on Sunday, with state collation officers taking turns to present their results.

The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who presides over the proceedings at the National Collation Centre, is the Chief Returning Officer of the presidential election. He will make the announcement of the final results and declare the winner of the election after taking the results of the elections from the polling units across the country.

This year’s general election is the seventh since the restoration of democracy in the country, with previous elections held in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. Described as the most keenly contested poll in Nigeria’s contemporary political history, this year’s ballots had 18 registered parties to be voted for, with four major contenders: Atiku Abubakar of PDP, Bola Tinubu of APC, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of NNPP.

To be declared the winner, a candidate must score the highest number of votes and at least 25% of votes in 25 states (two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the federal capital, Abuja). Despite the delays and challenges, many Nigerians are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the election, which will determine the country’s political direction for the next four years.

Presidential Election Results

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STATES APC LP NNPP PDP
Abuja(FCT)        
Abia        
Adamawa  182,881  105,648  8006  417,611
Akwa Ibom        
Anambra        
Bauchi        
Bayelsa        
Benue        
Borno        
Cross River        
Delta        
Ebonyi        
Edo        
Ekiti  201,494  11,396  264  89,554
Enugu  4,772  428,740  1808  15749
Gombe  146,977  26,160  10,520  319,123
Imo        
Jigawa  421,390  1,889  98,234  386,587
Kaduna        
Kano        
Katsina  482,283  6,376  69,386  489,045
Kebbi        
Kogi        
Kwara  263, 572  31, 166  3,141  136, 909
Lagos  572,606  582,454  8,442  75,750
Nassarawa  172,922  191,361  12,715  147,083
Niger        
Ogun  341,554  85,829  2200  123,831
Ondo  369,924  47,350  930  115,463
Osun  343,945  23,283  713  354,366
Oyo  449, 884  99, 110  4,095  182,977
Plateau        
Rivers        
Sokoto        
Taraba        
Yobe  151,459 2406   18,270  198, 567
Zamfara        
  TOTAL 4105663 1643168 238724 3052615

This article originally appeared in www.myschoolgist.com

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