Namadi was declared winner by INEC after polling 618,449 votes to beat Mustapha Lamido of PDP who secured 368,726 votes to come second
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Deputy Governor of Jigawa State and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Umar Namadi, has won the governorship election in the state.
He was declared the winner of the Saturday election after winning 26 of the 27 local government areas and polling a total of 618,449 votes.
Mustapha Lamido of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second after winning his hometown, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area and securing 368,726 votes.
The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Aminu Ibrahim, who was unable to win any local government came a distant third with 37,156.
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The INEC collation officer for the governorship election in Jigawa, Zaiyanu Umar, who announced Namadi as the governor-elect said he met the requirements of the electoral act.
Jigawa has a total of 2,351,298 registered voters, out of which 1,073,540 voters were accredited for the governorship election.
A total of 1,052,793 votes were cast out of which 20,226 votes were rejected. Valid votes were 1,032.567
Below is the results per local government declared by INEC
GARKI LG
APC 26,031
NNPP 3,199
PDP 12,449
MIGA LG
APC 18,537
NNPP 705
PDP 11,520
BUJI LG
APC 15,941
NNPP 316
PDP 11,447
KAZAURE LG
APC 13650
NNPP 559
PDP 10138
AUYO LG
APC 25115
NNPP 1400
PDP 10424
BABURA LG
APC 28,041
NNPP 2,567
PDP 13,172
RONI LG
APC 15,697
NNPP 258
PDP 7,419
GAGARAWA LG
APC 12,752
PDP 8,704
NNPP 1,405
MAIGATARI LG
APC 19321
NNPP 481
PDP 13161
MALA MADORI LG
APC 20538
NNPP 914
PDP 10692
YANKWASHI LG
APC 8473
NNPP 294
PDP 5069
TAURA LG
APC 25991
NNPP 1569
PDP 11753
BIRNIN KUDU LG
APC 33027
NNPP 677
PDP 35517
BIRNINWA LG
APC 21341
NNPP 1199
PDP 12149
KIYAWA LG
APC 25397
NNPP 486
PDP 16363
KAUGAMA LG
APC 23557
NNPP 2165
PDP 13658
HADEJIA L.G.A
APC 28,381
NNPP 2001
PDP 4304
GUMEL L.G.A
APC 12,921
NNPP 137
PDP 9,132
GWIWA LG
APC 17526
NNPP 368
PDP 6959
GURI LG
APC 17384
NNPP 2267
PDP 6829
JAHUN LG
APC 31376
NNPP 1127
PDP 21106
SULEJA/TANKARKAR LG
APC 22819
NNPP 1305
PDP 14512
KAFIN HAUSA LG
APC 35458
NNPP 755
PDP 17049
KIRIKASAMA LG*
APC 22255
NNPP 1462
PDP 10586
DUTSE LG
APC 30051
NNPP 674
PDP 28464
RINGIM LG
APC 32475
NNPP 7809
PDP 12318
GWARAM LG
APC 34394
NNPP 1057
PDP 33832
