How 18 presidential candidates shared 25.3 million votes
How did all the presidential candidates on the ballot perform?
L-R: Presidential candidates of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dan Nwanyanwu; and All Progressives' Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu [Twitter/@MrJAGs]
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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, crowned Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner in the early hours of March 1, 2023.
Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) finished second and third, even though they each won 12 states — the same as Tinubu.
Out of a total of 93.5 million Nigerians on the register of voters, only 25.3 million participated.
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A total of 18 candidates contested for Nigeria’s biggest political prize, and this is how they finished the race.
- Bola Tinubu (APC) — 8,794,726
- Atiku Abubakar (PDP) — 6,984,520
- Peter Obi (LP) — 6,101,533
- Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) — 1,496,687
- Dumebi Kachikwu (ADC) — 81,919
- Adewole Adebayo (SDP) — 80,267
- Dan Nwanyanwu (ZLP) — 77,665
- Kola Abiola (PRP) — 72,144
- Peter Umeadi (APGA) — 61,966
- Imumolen Christopher (A) — 61,014
- Abdul-Malik Ado-Ibrahim (YPP) — 60,600
- Yabagi Sani Yusuf (ADP) — 43,924
- Princess Ojei Chichi (APM) — 25,961
- Felix Johnson (NRM) — 24,869
- Sunday Adenuga (BP) — 16,156
- Omoyele Sowore (AAC) — 14,608
- Hamza Al-Mustapha (AA) — 14,542
- Charles Nnadi (APP) — 12,839
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