#NigeriaElections2023:Atiku wins Kaduna with 554,360 votes
From Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Kaduna State.
Atiku garnered 554,360 to beat the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who got 399,293 to come second while Labour Party’s Peter Obi polled 294,494 to claim third position.
But Obi won in seven Local Government Areas of Chikun, Kaura, Kajuru, Jaba, Kachia, Jema’a and Zango-Kataf while Tinubu won in troubled Birnin-Gwari as well as Sanga LGA where the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, hails from.
Atiku on his part won in 14 LGAs which include Giwa, Kauru, Lere, Ikara, Kagarko, Zaria, Sabon-Gari, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Kudan, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kubau and Soba
The results are as follows:
1. Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna
Presidential
APC -19,922
PDP – 22,302
LP – 565
Registered voters – 149,456
Valid votes – 46,435
Rejected Votes – 1,662
2. Kaura LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 1,847
LP – 25,744
PDP – 7,847
Valid votes – 36,222
Rejected Votes – 694
Total votes cast- 36,916
3. Kajuru LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 3,940
PDP – 9,253
LP – 14,875
Valid votes – 29,839
Rejected Votes – 30,639
Credit: Godwin Isenyo
4. Makarfi LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 13,767
PDP – 22,098
LP – 759
Registered voters – 118,150
Accredited voters – 43,888
Valid votes – 42,046
Rejected Votes- 824
Total votes cast – 42,870
Credit: Godwin Isenyo
5. Jaba LGA
Presidential
APC – 3, 131
PDP – 8,798
LP – 9,967
NNPP – 335
Registered voters- 75,445
Accredited voters – 23,368
Valid votes – 22,827
Rejected Votes – 524
Total votes cast – 23, 301
6. Kaduna South LG
Presidential
APC – 29,596
PDP – 42,996
LP – 22,577
NNPP – 9,124
Registered voters – 407,580
Accredited voters – 114,508
Valid votes – 106, 085
Rejected Votes – 3,964
Total votes cast – 110, 049
7. Kauru LG
Presidential
APC – 15,870
PDP – 19,018
LP – 11,293
NNPP – 3, 128
Registered voters – 132,827
Accredited voters – 51,142
Valid votes – 49,729
Rejected Votes 1,133
Total votes cast – 50,862
Returning Officer – Aminu Mohammed
8. Lere LG it
Presidential
APC – 24, 795
PDP – 34,149
LP – 15,568
NNPP – 7,264
Valid votes – 82,299
Rejected Votes – 2,342
Total votes cast – 84,608
***Two polling units cancelled due to over voting
Returning Officer – Abdullahi Ibrahim Buba
9. Ikara
Presidential
APC – 17,297
PDP – 24,540
LP – 994
NNPP – 4,274
Valid votes – 47,474
Rejected Votes – 1,136
Total votes cast – 48,610
The Prof. Ladi Sandra Adamu, the Returning Officer, said no fewer than 15 polling units’ results were cancelled due to over voting.
10. Sanga LG
Presidential
APC – 9,393
PDP – 9,233
LP- 9,088
NNPP – 356
Valid Votes – 23,400
Rejected – 722
Total votes cast – 29,122
11. Kagarko
Presidential
APC – 9,798
PDP – 14,027
LP – 12, 502
NNPP – 1,255
Valid votes – 37,818
Rejected Votes – 1,255
Total votes cast – 39,415
Returning Officer, Musa Umar, said 13 polling units were cancelled due to violence and over voting.
12. Kachia LGA
Presidential
APC – 12,053
PDP – 16,049
LP – 17,381
NNPP – 1,521
Valid votes – 47,696
Rejected Votes – 1,595
Total votes cast – 49,271
13. Zango-Kataf
Presidential
APC – 5,877
PDP – 20,170
LP – 22,689
NNPC – 246
Valid votes 49,896
Rejected Votes – 1,607
Total votes cast – 51,502
14. Jema’ah LGA
Presidential
APC – 10,928
PDP – 16,452
LP – 26,560
NNPP – 719
Valid votes – 53,372
Rejected Votes – 1,781
Total votes cast – 57,163
Prof. Dauda Ishaya, Returning Officer.
15. Zaria LGA
Presidential
APC – 41,432
PDP – 62,260
LP – 3,634
NNPP – 8,729
Valid votes – 118, 489
Rejected Votes – 4,352
Total votes cast – 122,841
Aliyu Alkali, Electoral Officer, Zaria LGA
16. Sabon Gari LGA
APC – 25,714
PDP – 30,713
LP – 12,834
NNPP – 6,082
Valid votes – 76,846
Rejected Votes – 2,433
Total votes cast – 79,279
17. Soba LGA
Presidential
APC – 18,965
PDP – 23,364
LP – 354
NNPP – 3,722
Registered voters – 158,086
Accredited – 48,530
Valid votes 46,982
Rejected Votes – 1,027
Total votes cast – 48,009
18. Kubau LGA
Presidential
APC – 20,139
PDP – 23,686
LP – 1,701
NNPP – 4,819
Registered voters – 158,757
Accredited voters – 52,137
Valid votes – 50, 650
Rejected Votes – 1,111
Total votes cast – 51,761
19. Birnin-Gwari
Presidential
APC – 17,080
PDP – 8,774
LP – 235
NNPP – 1,143
Registered voters – 132,165
Accredited voters – 28,355
Valid votes – 27,493
Rejected Votes – 756
Total votes cast – 28,249
20.. Chikun LGA
Presidential
APC – 9,367
PDP – 32,759
LP – 69,117
NNPP – 2,742
Registered voters – 334,079
Accredited voters – 122,711
Valid votes – 115,895
Rejected Votes – 4,721
Total votes cast – 120,616
21. Kudan LGA
Presidential
APC – 11,630
PDP – 19,340
LP – 888
NNPP – 6,747
Registered voters – 101,331
Accredited voters – 38,851
Valid votes – 38,913
Rejected Votes – 10
Total votes cast – 38,851
Returning Officer, Prof. Binta Abdulkareem
22. Kaduna North LGA
APC – 39,693
PDP – 40,670
LP – 10,330
NNPP – 12,613
Registered voters – 369,928
Accredited votes – 108,523
Valid votes – 105,098
Rejected Votes – 2,421
Total votes cast – 108,519
Prof. Maryam
23. Igabi LGA
Presidential
APC – 37,259
PDP – 45,962
LP – 4,839
NNPP – 8,276
Registered voters – 328,468
Accredited voters – 100,470
Valid votes – 97,721
Rejected 3,019
Total votes cast – 100,740
Returning Officer – Prof. Yusuf Amartey, ABU, Zaria
