Breakdown Of 25.3 Million Votes In Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election

Bola Tinubu of the APC party has been declared winner of the Presidential race by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He won about 37 per cent of the votes, the electoral commission said, while Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) drew 29 per cent and Peter Obi of the Labour Party took 25.5 per cent.

Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi came second and third respectively in a contest that saw both of them win in 12 states each, just like the President-elect, Tinubu.

According to INEC’s data, 93.5 million eligible voters registered to participate in the election, out of which only 25.3 million participated and had their votes count.

READ ALSO:GTBank: ‘We Didn’t Give N500m New Naira Notes To Tinubu On Election Eve’

A total of 18 presidential candidates contested the election held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Saturday.

Below is how they shared the 25.3 million valid votes in the election.

Dan Nwanyanwu                      ZLP                                              77,665

Somto Bisina

+ posts

• UniAbuja Introduces Mandatory Drug Testing For Incoming Students
• Whitemoney, Ilebaye, Kim, Venita, Doyin, Nominated For This Week’s Eviction
• Omashola Emerged As This Week’s Head Of House
• How To Know If Your BVN Is Blacklisted In Nigeria