The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has won Saturday’s poll in Kaduna State with 554,360 votes to defeat the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who trailed behind with 399,293 votes.
Atiku won in 14 local government areas of Zaria, Sabon Gari, Kagarko, Ikara, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Giwa, Kauru, Kudan, Kaduna North, Lere, Soba, Kubau and Igabi.
The ruling APC won only in Sanga and Birnin Gwari local government areas.
The Labour Party (LP) won in seven local government areas of Kachia, Jema’a, Jaba, Kajuru, Kaura, Chikun and Zangon Kataf with 294,,494 votes.
Kaduna Returning Officer, Professor Zayyan Umar while announcing the results said, “Total registered voters in the state was 4.335,208. Accredited voters were; 1,418,046.”
He gave the votes scored by each of the political parties as;
APC = 399,293
LP= 294,494
NNPP =92,969
PDP = 554,360
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Below is how the votes were scored by the four major political parties across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State;
Giwa LGA
APC – 19,922
PDP – 22,302
LP – 565
NNPP – 3,114
Kaura LGA
APC – 1,847
PDP – 7,847
LP – 25,744
NNPP – 320
Kajuru LGA
APC – 3,940
PDP – 9,253
LP – 14,875
NNPP – 1,221
Makarfi LGA
APC -13,767
PDP – 22,098
LP – 759
NNPP -5,219
Jaba LGA
APC: 3,131
PDP: 8,798
LP: 9,967
NNPP: 335
Kaduna South
APC: 29,596
PDP: 42,996
LP:22,577
NNPP:9,124
Kauru LGA
APC: 15,870
PDP: 19,018
LP: 11,293
NNPP: 3,128
Lere LGA
APC: 24,695
PDP: 34,149
LP: 15,568
NNPP:7,264
Ikara LGA
APC: 17,297
PDP: 24,540
LP: 994
NNPP: 4,274
Sanga LGA
APC: 9,393
PDP: 9,233
LP: 9,088
NNPP: 352
Kachia LGA
APC: 12,053
PDP: 16,049
LP:17,381
NNPP: 1,521
Zangon Kataf LGA
APC: 5,877
PDP: 20,170
LP: 22,689
NNPP: 246
Jema’a LGA
APC: 10,928
PDP: 16,452
LP: 26,560
NNPP: 719
Zaria LGA
APC: 41,432
PDP: 62,260
LP: 3,634
NNPP: 8,729
Kagarko LGA
APC 9,698
PDP 14,027
LP 12,502
NNPP 1,255
Sabon Gari LGA
APC: 25,714
PDP: 30,713
LP: 12,834
NNPP: 6,082
Kubau LGA
APC:20,139
PDP: 23,686
LP: 1,701
NNPP: 4,819
Soba LGA
APC: 18,965
PDP: 23,364
LP: 354
NNPP: 3,722
Kudan LGA
APC: 11,630
PDP: 19,340
LP: 923
NNPP: 6,747
Birnin-Gwari LGA
APC: 17,080
LP: 235
NNPP: 1,143
PDP: 8,774
Chikun LGA
APC: 9,367
LP: 69,117
NNPP: 2,742
PDP: 32,659
Kaduna North
APC: 39,693
PDP: 40,670
LP: 10,330
NNPP: 12,613
Igabi LGA
APC: 37,259
PDP: 45,962
LP: 4,839
NNPP: 8,276