In the presidential election, Bola Tinubu, the candidate for president put up by the All Progressives Congress (APC), received the highest number of votes in the state of Borno.
Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), received 190,921 votes, while Mr Tinubu received 252,282 votes, giving him the victory. Peter Obi, who was running for president as a candidate for the Labour Party, received 7,205 votes.
The announcement of the results took place on Tuesday evening at the INEC collation centre in Maiduguri, which is the capital of Borno State.
The following table provides a detailed analysis of the number of votes garnered by each party in the presidential election that took place in Borno State.
A – 541
AA – 915
AAC – 349
ADC – 1,654
ADP – 1,475
APC – 252, 282
APGA – 1,211
APM – 584
APP – 149
BP – 207
LP – 7,205
NNPP -4,626
NRM – 770
PDP – 190,921
PRP – 620
SDP – 406
YPP – 416
ZLP – 567
Registered voters — 2,497, 337
Accredited voters — 499,543
Valid votes — 465,287
Rejected votes — 32,658
Total votes cast — 519,431
