How 18 presidential candidates shared 25.3 million votes

TNT Newsline March 2, 2023 2 minutes read

In the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and returning officer of the 2023 presidential election, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the keenly contested election which was held on Saturday, February 25.

Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi came second and third respectively in a contest that saw both of them win in 12 states each, just like the President-elect, Tinubu.

According to INEC’s data, 93.5 million eligible voters registered to participate in the election, out of which only 25.3 million participated and had their votes count.

Eighteen political parties fielded candidates for the nation’s top job and below is how they shared the 25.3 million valid votes in the election.

Candidate name Party Total votes

Imumolen Christopher A 61,014

Hamza Al-Mustapha AA 14,542

Omoyele Sowore AAC 14,608

Dumebi Kachikwu ADC 81,919

Yabagi Sani Yusuf ADP 43,924

Bola Tinubu APC 8,794,726

Peter Umeadi APGA 61,966

Princess Ojei Chichi APM 25,961

Charles Nnadi APP 12,839

Sunday Adenuga BP 16,156