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