How Nigerians voted in the 2019 presidential election

Samson Toromade 19:07 - 23 February 2023

Muhammadu Buhari won a second term in office in 2019

Atiku Abubakar's challenge wasn't enough to stop Muhammadu Buhari's second term in office.

Unlike Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sealed a second term in office with the 2019 presidential election.

Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria's only other two-term president, other than Olusegun Obasanjo, in the country's fourth republic [Presidency]

And unlike Jonathan, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenged the result but ultimately lost at the Supreme Court.

It was Atiku’s second loss in a presidential election, and fifth overall, including primaries, since he started eyeing the presidency in 1992.

PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

For 30 years, Atiku Abubakar has been trying, without success, to become Nigeria's president

71 other candidates were on the ballot for the election, but the third-place finisher ended up with 110,196 votes, 0.4% of the total votes cast.

84 million Nigerians registered for the 2019 contest for Nigeria's top seat, but only 28.6 million (34.75%) participated on election day.

This is how Nigerians voted in each state.

Abia

Buhari — 85,058 (26.31%)

Jonathan — 219,698 (67.96%)

Adamawa

Buhari — 378,078 (46.59%)

Jonathan — 410,266 (50.55%)

Akwa Ibom

Buhari — 175,429 (30.31%)

Jonathan — 395,832 (68.39%)

Anambra

Buhari — 33,298 (5.50%)

Jonathan — 524,738 (86.63%)

Bauchi

Buhari — 798,428 (77.95%)

Jonathan — 209,313 (20.43%)

Bayelsa

Buhari — 118,821 (36.93%)

Jonathan — 197,933 (61.51%)

Benue

Buhari — 347,668 (47.7%)

Jonathan — 356,817 (48.95%)

Borno

Buhari — 836,496 (90.94%)

Jonathan — 71,788 (7.8%)

Cross River

Buhari — 117,302 (27.8%)

Jonathan — 295,737 (70.1%)

Delta

Buhari — 221,292 (26.67%)

Jonathan — 594,068 (71.59%)

Ebonyi

Buhari — 90,726 (25.26%)

Jonathan — 258,573 (72%)

Edo

Buhari — 267,842 (47.77%)

Jonathan — 275,691 (49.17%)

Ekiti

Buhari — 219,231 (57.52%)

Jonathan — 154,032 (40.41%)

Enugu

Buhari — 54,423 (12.93%)

Jonathan — 355,553 (84.45%)

Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Buhari — 152,224 (35.91%)

Jonathan — 259,997 (61.33%)

Gombe

Buhari — 402,961 (72.71%)

Jonathan — 138,484 (24.99%)

Imo

Buhari — 140,463 (27.46%)

Jonathan — 334,923 (65.47%)

Jigawa

Buhari — 794,738 (71.84%)

Jonathan — 289,895 (26.21%)

Kaduna

Buhari — 993,445 (59.72%)

Jonathan — 649,612 (39.05%)

Kano

Buhari — 1,464,768 (77.45%)

Jonathan — 391,593 (20.71%)

Katsina

Buhari — 1,232,133 (79.21%)

Jonathan — 308,056 (19.8%)

Kebbi

Buhari — 581,552 (76.86%)

Jonathan — 154,282 (20.39%)

Kogi

Buhari — 285,894 (54.87%)

Jonathan — 218,207 (41.88%)

Kwara

Buhari — 308,984 (67.22%)

Jonathan — 138,184 (30.06%)

Lagos

Buhari — 580,825 (53.31%)

Jonathan — 448,015 (41.12%)

Nasarawa

Buhari — 289,903 (49.92%)

Jonathan — 283,847 (48.87%)

Niger

Buhari — 612,371 (71.88%)

Jonathan — 218,052 (25.59%)

Ogun

Buhari — 281,762 (49.94%)

Jonathan — 194,655 (34.5%)

Ondo

Buhari — 241,769 (43.48%)

Jonathan — 275,901 (49.62%)

Osun

Buhari — 347,634 (48.64%)

Jonathan — 337,377 (47.21%)

Oyo

Buhari — 365,229 (43.66%)

Jonathan — 366,690 (43.83%)

Plateau

Buhari — 468,555 (45.28%)

Jonathan — 548,665 (53.02%)

Rivers

Buhari — 150,710 (23.47%)

Jonathan — 473,971 (73.81%)

Sokoto

Buhari — 490,333 (56.24%)

Jonathan — 361,604 (41.47%)

Taraba

Buhari — 324,906 (45.58%)

Jonathan — 374,743 (52.57%)

Yobe

Buhari — 497,914 (89.01%)

Jonathan — 50,763 (9.08%)

Zamfara

Buhari — 438,682 (75.84%)

Jonathan — 125,423 (21.68%)

Total

Buhari — 15,191,847 (55.6%)

Jonathan — 11,262,978 (41.22%)

*Data sourced from INEC.

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