2023 Presidential Election Results Announced By INEC From 36 States, FCT

The 2023 Presidential Election Results announced by INEC coming in from 36 States and FCT can be accessed below.

 

NewsOnline reports that Nigerians went to the poll to elect a new president and 468 federal lawmakers. It is the first phase of the 2023 general election with the governorship and state assembly poll holding in two weeks.

 

This year’s general election is the seventh since the restoration of democracy in the country. The previous elections were held in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the 18 registered parties are fielding candidates in today’s election, the most keen in Nigeria’s contemporary political history.

 

The presidential candidates and their parties are Christopher Imumolen (Accord), Hamza Al-Mustapha (AA), Omoyele Sowore (AAC), Dumebi Kachikwu (ADC), Yabani Sani (ADP), Bola Tinubu (APC), Peter Umeadi (APGA), Princess Ojei (APM) and Charles Nnadi (APP).

 

Others are Sunday Adenuga (BP), Peter Obi (LP), Rabi’u Kwankwaso (NNPP), Felix Osakwe (NRM), Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Kola Abiola (PRP), Adebayo Adewole (SDP), Ado Ibrahim Abdulmalik (YPP) and Dan Nwanyanwu (ZLP).

 

Despite the array of presidential hopefuls, analysts and watchers of Nigeria’s democracy have, however, dubbed the election a four-horse race between Messrs Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, and Kwankwaso.

 

Regardless, whoever emerges the winner of today’s contest will be sworn in on 29 May for a four-year term to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari whose second term in office lapses on that day.

 

On the other hand, over 4,000 candidates are standing for elections into the two chambers of the National Assembly. While about 1,100 are gunning for 108 out of the 109 seats in the Senate, a total of 3,057 candidates are contesting for the 360 seats in the House of Representatives. Election will not hold in Enugu East Senatorial District until 11 March because of Wednesday’s murder of the candidate of the Labour Party, Oyibo Chukwu.

 

The lawmakers that will be elected today will be inaugurated in June as members of the 10th session of the bi-camera federal legislature.

 

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 93.5 million Nigerians registered to vote in the general election but a little over 87 million, who picked their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), will actually participate in the poll. The voters, spread across the 36 states of the federation, 774 local government areas and 8,809 wards, will exercise their franchise in 176,846 polling units.

 

A total of 1.5 million people will serve as agents for the 18 political parties in the election.

 

In the main, INEC, which recently held a mock accreditation, said it is ready for the polls amid apprehension caused by the naira crisis and security challenges. Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, assured that it is committed to a free and fair process because its allegiance is to the country.

 

Apart from deploying thousands of ad hoc staff, with the NYSC contributing about 200,000 for today’s election, the electoral management body is also deploying new technologies, namely BVAS and IReV, which it believes are rigging-proof and ensure the transparency and credibility of the polls.

 

The security agencies and the military, on their part, said they are ready to secure the polls. To ensure a peaceful process, they will be deployed close to a million personnel in all the states and FCT with the police alone accounting for over 310,973.

 

Some other security outfits deploying their personnel are NSCDC (102,000), FRSC (21,783), Nigeria Correctional Service (11,336), NDLEA (9,447), EFCC (350), and Nigeria Immigration Service (21,640).

 

Already, the political parties and their candidates at both national and subnational levels have signed pacts to ensure a violence-free process.

 

A total of 229 observer groups comprising 196 domestic and 33 international observers will also be deploying 146,913 observers for the election. Some of the foreign observers are drawn from the European Union, Commonwealth, African Union, ECOWAS, NDI, and IRI. Similarly, media organisations and other relevant bodies have been accredited by the election management body to observe the election.

 

To be sure, today’s general election presents another major opportunity for Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy, to test the 2022 Electoral Act signed into law by Mr Buhari exactly a year ago on 25 February. The president, at different fora, pledged to bequeath to the country a sustainable democratic culture that will remain lasting.

Quick Facts about Nigeria 2023 Presidential Election

✓ 18 Political Parties

✓ 93,469,008 Registered Voters

✓ 1,491 Electoral Constituencies

✓ 774 Local Government Areas

✓ 8,809 Registration Areas/Wards

✓ 176,846 Polling Units

✓ 15,331 Contestants.

 

Follow this thread as NewsOnline Nigeria brings you live updates on the presidential election from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

Here are some of the results from state collation centres.

Live Collation of Presidential Results
State		APC	PDP	LP	NNPP
Abia		8,914	22,676	327,095
Adamawa		182,881	417,611	105,648	417,611
Akwa Ibom		160,620	214,012	132,683
Anambra		5,111	9,036	584,621	1,967
Bauchi		146,977	319,123	26,160
Bayelsa		42,572	68,818	49,975	540
Benue		310,468	130,081	308,372
Borno		252,282	190,921	4,626	7,205
Cross River		130,520	95,425	179,917	1,644
Delta		90,183	161,600	341,866	3,112
Ebonyi		42,402	13,503	259,739	1,661
Edo		144,471	89,585	331,163	2,743
Ekiti		201,494	89,554	11,397
Enugu		4,772	15,749	428,640
Gombe		146,977	319,123	26,160	10,520
Imo		66,171	30,440	352,904	1,536
Jigawa		412,390	386,587	1,889	98,234
Kaduna		399,293	554,360	294,494
Kano		517,341	131,716	28,513	997,279
Katsina		482,283	489,045	6,376	69,386
Kebbi		248,088	288,175	10,682	5,038
Kogi		240,751	145,104	56,217	4,238
Kwara		263,572	136,909	31,166	3,141
Lagos		572,606	75,750	582,664
Nasarawa		172,922	147,093	191,361	12,715
Niger		375,183	284,898	80,452	21,836
Ogun		341,554	123,831	85,829	2,200
Ondo		369,924	115,463	44,405	930
Osun		343,945	354,366	23,283	713
Oyo		449,884	182,977	99,110	4,095
Plateau		307,195	243,808	466,272
Rivers		231,591	88,468	175,071
Sokoto		285,444	288,679	6,568	1,300
Taraba		135,165	146,315	146,315	12,818
Yobe		151,459	198,567	2,406	18,270
Zamfara		298,396	193,978	1,660	4,000
FCT		90,902	74,199	281,717	13,247
TOTAL RESULT		8,626,703	6,880,247	6,087,416	1,717,979