More bizarrely, the Iwu-led INEC never produced a state-by-state breakdown of the results, the only presidential election with this distinction. In Anambra, Mr Abubakar recorded a landslide victory by polling 524,738 votes to defeat President Buhari who had 33,298 votes. 61.6 million voters registered for the election and approximately 58% voted, but INEC didn't provide data for the voter turnout. His APC grew out of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), which was nearly squashed 20 years ago by Olusegun Obasanjo when he was president and led the PDP. Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the 2023 It would have been easy for a united PDP to capitalise on an electorate tired of the economic hardship, widespread insecurity and record inflation experienced under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari and the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). in Lagos Nigerias biggest city a few hours after the election result was announced, James Adah, a 38-year-old network engineer, said he had been waiting to withdraw cash for five hours. The combined votes of his three closest rivals - one member and two former members of PDP - would have been enough for a comfortable return to power for the party, as together they received 60% of the vote. (n.isInit=!0,n.value=b,c()):d(11,a)}))});c()}function m(a,b){l=!0;var c=s.resolvePath(a,"js",!0);c in e||(e[c]=J(a),s.load(c,function(){if(c in This was the first national election where an electronic device had been used to accredit voters. The court is going to be looking at themselves and saying, If we take into consideration the infractions, are they enough to perhaps change who would have won the election?, If they can prove beyond reasonable doubt that there were widespread violence, suppression and the number of votes or polling units involved is enough to change the fortunes of the election, then perhaps the court will overrule the election.". QUIST: Critics accuse Nigeria's electoral commission of creating the crisis in the first place by excluding Atiku from the ballot. His main rival Atiku Abubakar has almost 33% of the vote. First published on Tue 26 Feb 2019 16.28 EST. !1:u(a.getAttribute("data-run-module"));return l? Questions about whether Mr. Tinubu attained the presidency fraudulently mean that he will face a legitimacy problem, according to Tunde Ajileye, a partner at SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian risk consultancy. Mr Obi, a Christian who hails from the south-east and had served two terms as governor of the Anambra state, left the PDP with days to the party primary. Reading Time: 2 mins read. The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigerias Independent If those thresholds are not reached then there will be a second-round run-off between the top two candidates. The These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. "+e:f;!0===g&&d(17,b);return}!0===g&&d(18,b)}}function g(b){document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(b)}function m(b,a){function d(){!0!==x&&(!0===f&&(c.readyState=void 0),x=!0,a(c))}var f=!1,x=!1,c=document.createElement("script");c.type="text/javascript";c.src=b;c.onload=d;c.async=!0;c.defer=!0;!0=== Party: Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Party: All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). !0===b(a).isRun()?c():[a]:c()}return[]}function e(a,b,c){function d(a){a=a.childNodes;for(var b=0;b1",l);return g},set:function(){d(h+"->2",l)},configurable:f})}try{e(!1)}catch(q){try{e(!0)}catch(f){a[b]= Official websites use .gov
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