Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election Result Breakdown

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been named the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. According to official findings, the 70-year-old accomplished lawmaker received 37% of the vote. His primary rival, Atiku Abubakar, received 29% of the vote, while Labour’s Peter Obi received 25%. These parties had already called the election a fraud and requested a rerun.

Mr Tinubu is one of Nigeria’s richest politicians, and centered his candidacy on his record of developing the biggest city, Lagos, when he was governor. Yet, he was beaten in the city by Mr Obi, a relative newcomer who rallied the support of many young people, particularly in urban areas, upending the country’s two-party system.

In his native region of the south-west, where he is referred to as a “political godfather” for helping to elect others to office, Mr. Tinubu won the majority of the other states. He ran for president using the Yoruba phrase “Emi lo kan,” which translates to “It’s my turn.” Reconciliation was advocated for by Mr. Tinubu in his acceptance address.

Although he claimed the errors in the election “were relatively few in number and were immaterial to affect this election’s outcome,” he added that they have the right to contest the results in court. Because of a split opposition and a record-breaking 93 million Nigerians who registered to vote, Mr. Tinubu received less than 10% of the 8.8 million ballots cast in his favor.

The Breakdown

STATE	APC	PDP	LP	NNPP
EKITI STATE	201,494	89,554	11,397	264
OSUN STATE	343,945	354,366	23,283	713
KWARA STATE	263,572	136,909	31,116	3,141
ONDO STATE	369,924	115,463	4,405	930
OGUN STATE	341,554	123,831	85,829	2,200
OYO STATE	449,884	182,977	99,110	4,095
YOBE STATE	151,459	198,567	2,406	18,270
ENUGU STATE	4,772	15,749	428,640	1,808
LAGOS STATE	572,606	75,750	582,454	8,442
GOMBE STATE	146,977	319,123	26,160	10,520
JIGAWA STATE	421,390	386,587	1,889	98,234
ADAMAWA STATE	182,881	417,611	105,648	8,006
KATSINA STATE	482,283	489,045	6,376	69,386
NASARAWA STATE	172,922	147,093	191,361	12,715
NIGER STATE	375,183	284,898	80,452	21,836
BENUE STATE	310,468	130,081	308,372	4,740
FCT ABUJA	90,902	74,194	281,717	4,517
AKWA IBOM STATE	160,620	214,012	132,683	7,796
EDO STATE	144,471	89,585	331,163	2,743
ABIA STATE	8,914	22,676	327,095	1,239
KOGI STATE	240,751	145,104	56,217	4,238
BAUCHI STATE	316,694	426,607	27,373	72,103
PLATEAU STATE	307,195	243,808	466,272	8,869
BAYELSA STATE	42,572	68,818	49,975	540
KADUNA STATE	399,293	554,360	294,494	92,969
KEBBI STATE	248,088	285,175	5,038	10,682
KANO STATE	517,341	131,716	997,279	28,513
ZAMFARA STATE	298,396	193,978	4,044	1,660
SOKOTO STATE	285,444	288,679	1,300	6,568
CROSS RIVER STATE	130,520	95,425	1,644	179,917
DELTA STATE	90,183	161,600	3,122	341,866
EBONYI STATE	42,402	13,503	1,661	259,738
ANAMBRA STATE	5,111	9,036	1,967	584,621
TARABA STATE	135,165	189,017	12,818	146,315
BORNO STATE	252,282	190,921	4,626	7,205
RIVERS STATE	231,591	88,468	1,322	175,071
IMO STATE	66,406	30,234	1,552	360,495