Atiku grabs El-Rufai’s Kaduna with 554,360 votes
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has garnered 554,360 votes to win Kaduna, the domain of Bola Tinubu’s loyalist Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, got 399,293 votes, followed by Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi who won 294,494.
Obi grabbed seven council areas of Chikun, Kaura, Kajuru, Jaba, Kachia, Jema’a and Zango-Kataf. Tinubu clinched troubled Birnin-Gwari, and Sanga where Kaduna Deputy Governor Hadiza Balarabe hails from.
Atiku won in 14 councils – Giwa, Kauru, Lere, Ikara, Kagarko, Zaria, Sabon-Gari, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Kudan, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kubau, and Soba, according to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), per The PUNCH.
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Results breakdown
The results from the local government areas are as follows:
1. Giwa Local Government Area
Presidential
APC -19,922
PDP – 22,302
LP – 565
Registered voters – 149,456
Valid votes – 46,435
Rejected Votes – 1,662
2. Kaura
Presidential
APC – 1,847
LP – 25,744
PDP – 7,847
Valid votes – 36,222
Rejected Votes – 694
Total votes cast – 36,916
3. Kajuru
Presidential
APC – 3,940
PDP – 9,253
LP – 14,875
Valid votes – 29,839
Rejected Votes – 30,639
4. Makarfi
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
5. Jaba
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
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
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
8. Lere
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
*Results in two polling units were cancelled due to over voting.
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
*Results in 15 polling units were cancelled due to over voting.
10. Sanga
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
*Results in 13 polling units were cancelled due to violence and over voting.
12. Kachia
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
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
15. Zaria
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
16. Sabon Gari
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
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
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
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
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
22. Kaduna North
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
23. Igabi
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
