Atiku Wins Kaduna With 554,360 Votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Kaduna State.

INEC said Atiku garnered 554,360 to beat the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who got 399,293 to come second while Labour Party’s Peter Obi polled 294,494 to claim third position.

But Obi won in seven Local Government Areas of Chikun, Kaura, Kajuru, Jaba, Kachia, Jema’a and Zango-Kataf while Tinubu won in troubled Birnin-Gwari as well as Sanga LGA where the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, hails from.

Atiku on his part won in 14 LGAs which include Giwa, Kauru, Lere, Ikara, Kagarko, Zaria, Sabon-Gari, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Kudan, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kubau and Soba

The results are as follows:

1. Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna

Presidential

APC -19,922

PDP – 22,302

LP – 565

Registered voters – 149,456

Valid votes – 46,435

Rejected Votes – 1,662

2. Kaura LGA(Kaduna)

Presidential
APC – 1,847

LP – 25,744

PDP – 7,847

Valid votes – 36,222

Rejected Votes – 694

Total votes cast- 36,916

3. Kajuru LGA(Kaduna)

Presidential

APC – 3,940

PDP – 9,253

LP – 14,875

Valid votes – 29,839

Rejected Votes – 30,639

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4. Makarfi LGA(Kaduna)

Presidential

APC – 13,767

PDP – 22,098

LP – 759

Registered voters – 118,150

Accredited voters – 43,888

Valid votes – 42,046

Rejected Votes- 824

Total votes cast – 42,870

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5. Jaba LGA

Presidential
APC – 3, 131

PDP – 8,798

LP – 9,967

NNPP – 335

Registered voters- 75,445
Accredited voters – 23,368

Valid votes – 22,827

Rejected Votes – 524

Total votes cast – 23, 301

6. Kaduna South LG

Presidential

APC – 29,596

PDP – 42,996

LP – 22,577

NNPP – 9,124

Registered voters – 407,580

Accredited voters – 114,508

Valid votes – 106, 085

Rejected Votes – 3,964

Total votes cast – 110, 049

7. Kauru LG

Presidential

APC – 15,870

PDP – 19,018

LP – 11,293

NNPP – 3, 128

Registered voters – 132,827

Accredited voters – 51,142

Valid votes – 49,729

Rejected Votes 1,133

Total votes cast – 50,862

Returning Officer – Aminu Mohammed

8. Lere LG it

Presidential

APC – 24, 795

PDP – 34,149

LP – 15,568

NNPP – 7,264

Valid votes – 82,299
Rejected Votes – 2,342
Total votes cast – 84,608

***Two polling units cancelled due to over voting

Returning Officer – Abdullahi Ibrahim Buba

9. Ikara

Presidential

APC – 17,297

PDP – 24,540

LP – 994

NNPP – 4,274

Valid votes – 47,474

Rejected Votes – 1,136

Total votes cast – 48,610

The Prof. Ladi Sandra Adamu, the Returning Officer, said no fewer than 15 polling units’ results were cancelled due to over voting.

10. Sanga LG

Presidential

APC – 9,393

PDP – 9,233

LP- 9,088

NNPP – 356

Valid Votes – 23,400
Rejected – 722

Total votes cast – 29,122

11. Kagarko

Presidential

APC – 9,798

PDP – 14,027

LP – 12, 502

NNPP – 1,255

Valid votes – 37,818

Rejected Votes – 1,255

Total votes cast – 39,415

Returning Officer, Musa Umar, said 13 polling units were cancelled due to violence and over voting.

12. Kachia LGA

Presidential

APC – 12,053

PDP – 16,049

LP – 17,381

NNPP – 1,521

Valid votes – 47,696

Rejected Votes – 1,595

Total votes cast – 49,271

13. Zango-Kataf

Presidential

APC – 5,877

PDP – 20,170

LP – 22,689

NNPC – 246

Valid votes 49,896

Rejected Votes – 1,607

Total votes cast – 51,502

14. Jema’ah LGA

Presidential

APC – 10,928

PDP – 16,452

LP – 26,560

NNPP – 719

Valid votes – 53,372

Rejected Votes – 1,781

Total votes cast – 57,163

Prof. Dauda Ishaya, Returning Officer.

15. Zaria LGA

Presidential

APC – 41,432

PDP – 62,260

LP – 3,634

NNPP – 8,729

Valid votes – 118, 489

Rejected Votes – 4,352

Total votes cast – 122,841

Aliyu Alkali, Electoral Officer, Zaria LGA

16. Sabon Gari LGA

APC – 25,714

PDP – 30,713

LP – 12,834

NNPP – 6,082

Valid votes – 76,846

Rejected Votes – 2,433

Total votes cast – 79,279

17. Soba LGA

Presidential

APC – 18,965

PDP – 23,364

LP – 354

NNPP – 3,722

Registered voters – 158,086

Accredited – 48,530

Valid votes 46,982

Rejected Votes – 1,027

Total votes cast – 48,009

18. Kubau LGA

Presidential

APC – 20,139

PDP – 23,686

LP – 1,701

NNPP – 4,819

Registered voters – 158,757

Accredited voters – 52,137

Valid votes – 50, 650

Rejected Votes – 1,111

Total votes cast – 51,761

19. Birnin-Gwari

Presidential

APC – 17,080

PDP – 8,774

LP – 235

NNPP – 1,143

Registered voters – 132,165

Accredited voters – 28,355

Valid votes – 27,493

Rejected Votes – 756

Total votes cast – 28,249

20.. Chikun LGA

Presidential

APC – 9,367

PDP – 32,759

LP – 69,117

NNPP – 2,742

Registered voters – 334,079

Accredited voters – 122,711

Valid votes – 115,895

Rejected Votes – 4,721

Total votes cast – 120,616

21. Kudan LGA

Presidential

APC – 11,630

PDP – 19,340

LP – 888

NNPP – 6,747

Registered voters – 101,331

Accredited voters – 38,851

Valid votes – 38,913

Rejected Votes – 10

Total votes cast – 38,851

Returning Officer, Prof. Binta Abdulkareem

22. Kaduna North LGA

APC – 39,693

PDP – 40,670

LP – 10,330

NNPP – 12,613

Registered voters – 369,928

Accredited votes – 108,523

Valid votes – 105,098

Rejected Votes – 2,421

Total votes cast – 108,519

Prof. Maryam

23. Igabi LGA

Presidential

APC – 37,259

PDP – 45,962

LP – 4,839

NNPP – 8,276

Registered voters – 328,468

Accredited voters – 100,470

Valid votes – 97,721

Rejected 3,019

Total votes cast – 100,740

Returning Officer – Prof. Yusuf Amartey, ABU, Zaria