Atiku grabs El-Rufai’s Kaduna

Kaduna State

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

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