INEC declares Muhammadu Buhari as winner of 2019 Presidential election

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has declared Muhammadu Buhari of APC as winner of the 2019 presidential election that held on February 23rd, 2019.

President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 15,191,847 (56%) votes, winning in 19 of the states while Abubakar received 11,262,978 (41%) of votes and won 17 states and Abuja. 

Buhari also satisfied the constitutional requirement of making 25 per cent in 34 states and the FCT.  In 2015, Buhari scored 15, 424,921 votes to beat the PDP incumbent Goodluck Jonathan who scored 12,853,162 votes.

Atiku Abubakar's People's Democratic Party has however rejected the results and called for fresh elections in some parts of the country where they allege over-voting and other irregularities.

"We demand the immediate and outright cancellation of presidential election results in Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa and Borno states as submitted by INEC presiding officers and ask for the conduct of fresh elections in these states," PDP said.

That Muhammadu Buhari of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected. #NigeriaDecides2019?Result pic.twitter.com/oz89PAz1QM

— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 27, 2019

At least 39 people were killed in election-related violence, according to the Situation Room, a coalition of more than 70 civic organizations that monitored the elections.

The death toll reported in the presidential vote is lower than in previous national elections. The International Crisis Group said at least 100 people were killed in violence that broke out during and after the 2015 election and Human Rights Watch reported 800 killed in the post-election violence of 2011.

See the full results below...

STATE	APC	PDP	AAC	YPP	ANN
Abia	85,058	219,698	212	720	88
Adamawa	378,078	410,266	282	109	162
Akwa Ibom	175,429	395,832	222	118	95
Anambra	33,298	524,738	124	4,091	45
Bauchi	798,428	209,313	183	112	46
Bayelsa	118,821	197,933	126	50	37
Benue	347,668	356,817	309	557	201
Borno	836,496	71,788	269	78	29
Cross River	117,302	295,737	242	217	88
Delta	221,292	594,068	1,626	497	320
Ebonyi	90,726	258,573	205	192	683
Edo	267,842	275,691	3,106	531	273
Ekiti	219,231	154,032	400	68	88
Enugu	54,423	355,553	219	1,379	141
FCT	152,224	259,997	583	1,083	652
Gombe	402,961	138,484	165	39	78
Imo	140,463	334,923	467	676	119
Jigawa	794,738	289,895	226	67	66
Kaduna	993,445	649,612	243	196	261
Kano	1,464,768	391,593	416	200	114
Katsina	1,232,133	308,056	186	61	82
Kebbi	581,552	154,282	276	53	99
Kogi	285,894	218,207	250	87	89
Kwara	308,984	138,184	401	140	422
Lagos	580,825	448,015	8,910	5,733	6,946
Nasarawa	289,903	283,847	75	44	45
Niger	612,371	218,052	324	113	145
Ogun	281,762	194,655	3,196	553	1,509
Ondo	241,769	275,901	4,414	1,224	311
Osun	347,634	337,377	1,022	189	268
Oyo	365,229	366,690	4,014	1,608	1,896
Plateau	468,555	548,665	268	442	796
Rivers	150,710	473,971	372	415	365
Sokoto	490,333	361,604	181	84	124
Taraba	324,906	374,743	116	80	35
Yobe	497,914	50,763	137	36	37
Zamfara	438,682	125,423	186	44	24
Total:	15,191,847	11,262,978	33,953	21,886	16,779