Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, defeated Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, with 109,913 votes in Bauchi State.
On Monday, Prof. Abdulkarim Mohammed, Vice Chancellor of Federal University in Dutse, Jigawa State, who served as the state’s presidential election collation officer, announced the results.
At 8:15 p.m. on Monday, he made the announcements in the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Conference Hall at the Bauchi headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, which served as the state’s collation center for the presidential election.
Giving a summary of the results, the collation officer said that Atiku got 426,607 votes while his closest contender, Tinubu, had 316,694 votes.
He said that the New Nigerian People’s Party candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso got 72,103 while Peter Obi of the Labour Party scored 27,373 votes.
Mohammed said that the registered voters in the state are: 2,749,268 while those that were accredited to vote are: 899,769.
The valid votes cast, according to him, are: 853,516, rejected votes: 29,030 while the total votes cast are: 882,546.
Meanwhile, the total detailed results from the 20 local government areas of the state as earlier announced by the various Returning Officers are as follows:
Complete results of Presidential election – Bauchi State as announced by
1.Warji LGA:
Registered Voters: 69,911
Accredited: 31,663
APC: 11,862
NNPP: 424
PDP: 17,732
LP: 185
Votes Cast: 31,664
Valid: 30,321
Rejected: 692
Cancellation: 2 Polling Units with 1,771 voters due to overvoting
Returning Officer: Prof. Ahmed Fagam, from ATBU, Bauchi
2. Bogoro LGA:
Registered Voters: 74,268
Accredited: 29,228
APC: 4,850
NNPP: 798
PDP: 15,156
LP: 6,866
Votes Cast: 29,198
Valid: 28,123
Rejected: 1,075
Returning Officer: Dr. Mohammed Bello
3. Dass LGA:
Registered Voters: 66,359
Accredited: 26,258
APC: 10,939
NNPP: 397
PDP: 13,242
LP: 795
Votes Cast: 26,165
Valid: 25,515
Rejected: 659
Returning Officer: Salisu Zakari
4. Jama’are LGA:
Registered Voters: 64,880
Accredited: 25,402
APC: 8,140
NNPP: 3,638
PDP: 12,535
LP: 22
Votes Cast: 25,378
Valid: 24,505
Rejected: 873
Returning Officer: Zainab Mohammed
5. Dambam LGA:
Registered Voters: 84,972
Accredited: 23,746
APC: 7,588
NNPP: 2,586
PDP: 12,203
LP: 42
Votes Cast: 22,772
Valid: 23,686
Rejected: 914
Returning Officer: Isa Abdulkadir
Announced at the Presidential Election Collation Center, INEC Headquarters, Bauchi
6. Giade LGA
Registered Voters: 73,002
Accredited: 28,137
APC: 10,382
PDP got 11,977
NNPP: 4,002
LP: 17
Valid votes were 26,579
Rejected votes: 889
Votes cast: 27,468
Returning Officer: Babangida Yerima
7. Darazo LGA
Registered Voters: 120,546
Accredited: 37,511
APC: 16,070
NNPP: 1,895
PDP: 17,459
LP: 41
Valid: 35,839
Rejected: 1,544
Votes Cast: 37,383
Returning Officer: Engr. Muhammad Aminu Muhammad
8. Kirfi LGA:
Registered Voters: 77,012
Accredited: 25,595
APC: 9,599
NNPP: 1,533
PDP: 13,431
LP: 33
Votes Cast: 25,548
Valid: 24,781
Rejected: 767
Cancelled: 2 Polling Units – 561
Returning Officer: Prof. Isa Mohammed
9. Misau LGA:
Registered Voters: 130,880
Accredited: 38,749
APC – 14,199
PDP – 18,354
NNPP – 4,115
LP: 48
Total valid votes 37,165
Rejected votes 1,463
Total votes cast 38,628
Returning Officer: Muhammad Abdulhamid
10. Katagum LGA:
Registered Voters: 188,254
Accredited: 57,410
APC – 20,030
PDP – 22,987
NNPP – 9,672
LP – 493
Total valid votes 54,347
Rejected votes 2,651
Total votes cast 56,998
Returning Officer: Adamu Samaila
11. Ganjuwa LGA:
Registered Voters: 125,770
Accredited voters 36,926
APC – 13,021
PDP – 17,380
NNPP – 4,287
LP – 222
Valid Votes: 35,305
Rejected votes – 1,580
Votes cast – 36,885
Cancellations: Seven Polling Units with 5,718 registered voters
Returning Officer: Dr. Jibrin Mohammed
12. Ningi LGA:
Registered Voters: 177,152
Accredited: 48,700.
APC – 20,587
PDP – 21,619 votes.
NNPP – 4,023
LP – 56
Valid votes: 46,649,
Rejected votes: 1,192
Votes cast: 48,833.
Returning Officer: Nasiru Abdulkarim
13. Gamawa LGA:
Registered voters: 147,995
Accredited voters: 37,264
APC – 13,955 votes
PDP – 15,469 votes
NNPP – 5,127 votes
LP – 53 votes
Total valid votes: 35,568
Rejected votes: 1,489
Total votes cast: 37,057
Cancellations: 2 PUs – 547 registered voters
Returning Officer: Dr. Suleiman Musa
14. Alkaleri LGA:
Registered Voters: 151,551
Accredited: 41,691.
APC: 12,238
PDP 25,098
NNPP: 1,232
LP: 147
Valid votes: 39,084
Rejected votes: 1,288
Votes cast: 40,372
Returning Officer: Prof. Kamarudeen Ali
15. Toro LGA:
Registered voters: 232,305
Accredited voters: 94,638
APC – 40,150
PDP – 37,169
NNPP – 5,375
LP – 2,517
Total valid votes: 86,737
Rejected votes: 2,314
Total votes cast: 89,051
Cancellations: 5 PUs with 2,363 voters
Returning Officer: Prof. Hassan Mohammed
16: Shira LGA:
Registered voters: 108,951
Accredited voters: 46,557
APC – 14,369
PDP – 20,683
NNPP – 8,555
LP – 54
Total valid votes: 44,021
Rejected votes: 1,633
Total votes cast: 45,654
Cancellations: 6 PUs with 3,047 regd. voters
Returning Officer: Prof. Patrick Bogoro
17. Itas Gadau LGA:
Registered Voters: 112,314
Accredited: 31,600
APC: 11,978
PDP: 11,757
NNPP: 6,315
LP: 36
Valid: 30,399
Rejected: 1,128
Votes Cast: 31,527
Returning Officer: Kyari Habibunla
18. Tafawa Balewa LGA:
Registered Voters: 156,068
Accredited Voters: 60,522
APC: 17,897
PDP: 30,585
NNPP: 1,281
LP: 8,776
Valid: 59,109
Rejected: 1,305
Votes Cast: 60,414
Cancellations: 3 PUs with 1,459 voters
Returning Officer: Balarabe Yushau
19. Zaki LGA:
Registered Voters: 124,366
Accredited: 39,573
APC: 13,916
PDP: 20,897
NNPP: 2,910
LP: 19
Valid: 37,976
Rejected: 1,286
Votes Cast: 39,262
Returning Officer: Yusuf Inuwa
20. Bauchi LGA:
Registered Voters: 459,359
Accredited: 138,198
APC: 44,924
PDP: 70,874
NNPP: 3,927
LP: 7,041
Valid: 128,788
Rejected: 4,288
Votes Cast: 133,016
Cancellations: 19 PUs with 12,163 voters
Returning Officer: Dr. Mohammed Musa