How 18 candidates shared 25.3m votes INEC declared
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Eighteen political parties fielded candidates for the presidential election on 25 February who polled a combined 25.3 million valid votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier announced 93.5 million people registered for the election, out of which 87.2 collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday declared All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu won the contest having scored 8,794,726 votes.
Yakubu said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar came second with 6,984,520 votes, and Labour Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi third with 6,101,533.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 1,496,687 votes to come fourth.
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Vote share among the 18 candidates
Below is how all the 18 candidates fared, according to figures released by the INEC, per reporting by The PUNCH:
| Candidate name | Party | Total votes |
| Imumolen Christopher | A | 61,014 |
| Hamza Al-Mustapha | AA | 14,542 |
| Omoyele Sowore | AAC | 14,608 |
| Dumebi Kachikwu | ADC | 81,919 |
| Yabagi Sani Yusuf | ADP | 43,924 |
| Bola Tinubu | APC | 8,794,726 |
| Peter Umeadi | APGA | 61,966 |
| Princess Ojei Chichi | APM | 25,961 |
| Charles Nnadi | APP | 12,839 |
| Sunday Adenuga | BP | 16,156 |
| Peter Obi | LP | 6,101,533 |
| Rabiu Kwankwaso | NNPP | 1,496,687 |
| Felix Johnson | NRM | 24,869 |
| Atiku Abubakar | PDP | 6,984,520 |
| Kola Abiola | PRP | 72,144 |
| Adewole Adebayo | SDP | 80,267 |
| AAbdul-Malik Ado-Ibrahim | YPP | 60,600 |
| Dan Nwanyanwu | ZLP | 77,665 |
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