Here’s how the South-West voted
Full results from Nigeria’s southwest show APC won four of the six states in the region while LP won Lagos and PDP won Osun—one state each.
But how is this result different from previous election cycles?
It is important to note that elections in Nigeria, has traditionally been between two major parties—APC and PDP—at least since 2015.
In 2015, the southwest states were majorly loyal to APC, which won the most votes in five states in the region. The trend in 2019 was similar to this year, where APC had the majority votes in four states while PDP won two of the region’s six states.
Here, you can interact with our historical map for more context on Nigeria’s past elections.
LP wins 80% of Ebonyi votes
Provisional results for Ebonyi state, a South-Eastern state, show a landslide victory for the Labour Party candidate.
With 259,738 votes cast in Obi’s favour, he secured 80% of the State’s total 321,424 votes. APC came in at a distant second with 42,402 votes (13%) and PDP secured 13,503 (4%) of total votes cast in the state.
In the past two election cycles, Ebonyi indigenes have voted majorly in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). PDP saw 89% and 72% of Ebonyi’s votes in 2015 and 2019, respectively.
Obi wins in Imo
Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate has won in Imo, a state PDP won by securing 80% and 65% of votes in 2015 and 2019.
For the 2023 presidential elections, Obi got 352,904 votes, representing 78% of the total 450,655 votes cast.
The APC came second, achieving 66,171 votes or 15%. This time around the PDP attained only 30,044 or 7% of votes.
How many declared results are available so far?
So far, we have 9.04 million declared and 6.2 million undeclared provisional results available across parties, roughly 15.2 million votes in total.Interestingly, the APC and PDP’s undeclared provisional results make up 41% and 45% of their declared results while LP and NNPP’s provisional results are 127% and 417% of their declared results.
LP’s Obi takes Plateau, secures 44% of votes cast
Labour Party’s Peter Obi secured 466,272, 44% of total 1.1 million votes in Plateau state, emerging winner.
The results for APC’s Tinubu and PDP’s Atiku show they come second and third place. They secured 307,195 (29%) and 243,808 (23%) votes respectively.
Senator Adeola “Yayi” wins Ogun West senatorial seat
In a country where 70% of lawmakers serve a single term, Adeola Solomon Olamilekan could be going for his sixth term. During the National Assembly elections on February 25, the senator currently representing Lagos West won the Ogun West senatorial district. This makes him a senator elected in another state until his term for Lagos expires in June this year.
He has won five previous elections, being a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (2003-2011), House of Representatives member for Alimosho (2011-2015) and Senator for Lagos West (2015-2023).
Adeola is 52, suggesting he has been a lawmaker since he turned 32.
He won on the APC party platform, same as Odebiyi Tolulope, the last senator who represented lawmakers on behalf of the Ogun West people.
APC takes Benue with 1% margin against LP
The APC maintains its lead in the presidential election with a win in Benue. Bola Tinubu clinched 310,468 votes out of 753,661 votes cast, give it 41.19%. LP comes a close second with 308,372 votes, 40.92%. The margin between the APC and LP is interestingly just 1%.
PDP records 130,081 and NNPP records 4,470, a combined percentage of less than 20%.
PDP wins Kaduna, Labour Party posts decent showing
The PDP has flipped another state from the APC, winning Kaduna State. The APC won the state in 2019 with 60% of the vote, but this time around the PDP attained 554,360 votes (41.34%). The APC achieved 399,293 votes representing 29.8% of the vote, and the Labour Party posted a decent showing, with 294,494 votes representing 22% of the vote.
How did LGAs in Ekiti vote during the presidential elections?
Provisional results for Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ekiti state show the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in all the state’s 16 LGAs.
Tinubu, the presidential candidate for APC, secured 65% or 201,494 of the total 308,171 votes cast.
PDP comes second with 29% or 89,604 of total votes cast, and LP comes third with 11,367 votes or 4% of the total.
In 2019, APC secured 58% of votes cast in Ekiti.
Labour Party wins FCT in a landslide
The Labour Party’s national campaign continues with a dominant win in the Federal Capital Territory, winning 62% of the votes cast. Both the APC (20.1%) and PDP (16.4%) got less than 25% of the votes.
In 2019, the PDP won the FCT convincingly with 61% of the vote, to the APC’s 36% share of the votes.
PDP clinches Sokoto
With 288,679 out of 581,991 votes, PDP’s Atiku Abubakar wins the presidential race in Sokoto with 49.60%.APC comes a close second with 285,444, 49.05% of votes cast and LP comes a distant third with 6,568, 1.13%. In fourth place, NNPC wins 1,300 votes, 0.22% of votes.
Tinubu wins in Zamfara
Out of 498,078 total votes cast, Tinubu wins the presidential race in Zamfara state with 298,396 votes. This represents 43% of the state’s total votes so far. In 2019, APC’s win in the state was with a clear landslide with President Buhari securing 76% of the votes, leaving less than 25% for PDP and other political parties.
For the 2023 elections, Atiku comes second recording 193,978 votes, while NNPP comes third with 4044 votes.
Labour Party wins Cross River
The Labour Party has won Cross River State in the presidential election. Peter Obi won the state with 179,917 votes (44% of the vote), with the APC in second place with 130,520 votes (32% of the vote). The PDP placed third with 95,425 votes (23.4%). In 2019, the PDP won Cross River with 70% of the vote.
PDP governor loses senatorial seat to LP in Enugu
Ugwuanyi Ifeanyi Lawrence, current governor of Enugu state, lost the Enugu North senatorial election to Ezea Okechukwu of Labor party. The Labor Party also won big in Enugu’s presidential election with 93.9% of the total vote, leaving less than 5% for the APC and PDP combined.
Governors are increasingly retiring to the senate following their governorship tenures. Six former governors became senators in 2007, rising to 11 in 2011 and then 16 in 2015. Currently, we have 14 former Governors in the red chamber.
With up to 27 current and former Governors contesting for senate tickets, we’ll keep watching to see how many governors end up in the Senate in this election cycle.
Atiku wins in Bayelsa state
With 68,818 votes out of 161,905 total votes cast, PDP’s Atiku wins the presidential race in Bayelsa state. This represents 43% of the state’s total votes, a smaller margin than in 2019, when Atiku won 62% of the state’s votes.
In second place, Obi records 49,975 votes, while APC comes third with 42,572 votes.
What will the declared results tell you?
The declared results segment on our country-level map reflects the results at national or state collation centres. So far, collation at both levels has been done for 14 states, which is 39% of the expected state-level results.
Going by the state-level results, APC has the most votes with 4,105,663 votes (which makes up 44.06% of the total votes).
In second place is PDP with 3,052,625 votes (32.76% of the total votes). Labour Party and NNPP come in third and fourth place with 1,643,069 (17.63%) and 238,724 votes (2.56%), respectively.
We expect to receive 22 more state-level results, which will be updated as the results are declared.
What will the provisional results tell you?
The provisional results on our country-level map reflect the collation done at the Local Government Area level.As of now, collation has been done in 356 of the 774 LGA’s, representing 45%.
With this view, APC is in the lead, securing the majority of votes cast. Tinubu’s APC has 3,969,848 votes or 37% of the votes cast so far.
In contrast, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi has 3,025,189 votes or 28% of votes. PDP’s Atiku has 2,627,912 votes, representing 24% of total votes counted so far.
While Kwankwaso has 937,223 votes or 9% of casted votes.
Provisional results left are in 418 LGAs in 32 states. We will keep you updated as more numbers are being vetted and uploaded.
43 Senate seats won so far
It’s been 3 days since the elections and 43 Senate seats have been won so far. There have been a couple of surprises, with the Labour Party winning two seats, including one won against the Enugu state governor.
So far, the APC leads with 25 seats won and the PDP follows with 12.
INEC confirms NNPP sweeps Kano
The last time we looked at Kano, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was leading in 12 LGAs. He has now won the state with 997,279 votes, 59.4% of the votes. Trailing behind is APC with 517,341 votes, 30.89% of the vote. PDP comes third with 131,716 of the votes amounting to 7.86% of the votes while LP comes fourth with 28,513.
PDP’s inability to cross the 25% threshold in Kano makes their path to victory more difficult. NNPP has clearly flipped Kano, pushing a APC to a far second and PDP to a very distant third.
Obi wins 17 of 20 LGAs in Anambra
Obi takes 17 out of 20 LGAs released in his home state, Anambra. He secured 88% of the total 538,334 votes counted so far. Atiku comes in at a distant second with 10% or 56,561 of the votes counted so far. NNPP’s Kwankwaso came in third with 1,558 votes. Tinubu’s APC secured 916 or 0.2% of the votes.
28% Turnout in Nasarawa
Who’s winning 25% across the reporting states so far?
Like Adesola said, the eventual winner of the presidential election must win two-thirds of 36 states and the FCT. Here’s how the candidates are doing so far.Tinubu has at least 25% in 13 states, Atiku in 9 states and Obi in 3 states.
INEC confirms LP wins Nasarawa
13 State-level results out so far
We now have 13 states, up from eight, reporting presidential results. Tinubu has won 6 states, Atiku 5 and Obi has the majority of votes in two states.
Remember, the eventual winner of the election must win two-thirds of 36 states and the FCT.
INEC confirms APC wins Jigawa, secures 46% of votes
The final results from Jigawa state show that APC won with 421,390 or 46% of the total 920,531 votes cast in the state. The PDP came in at a close second with 386,587 votes.
Lagos recorded 18% voter turnout, same as 2019
Tide Changes in Gombe
In 2023, with the absence of Buhari on the ballot, the tide changed, and Atiku Abubakar was able to sweep Gombe with 319,123 votes, ahead of Tinubu his closest rival who polled 146,977 votes.
Interestingly, Gombe is situated in the North-East, the geopolitical zone where Atiku Abubakar is from.
What was voter turnout like in Ondo state?
Despite reports of large voter turnout in Ondo state, results following the final result declaration show that 29% of registered voters in the state came out to vote. Of Ondo’s nearly 2 million registered voters, about 570,000 votes were cast. This performance was slightly poorer than in 2019 when 586,827 of the registered 1.8 million came out to vote.
APC’s Ben Ayade loses senatorial district
On the other hand, Ayade secured 56,595 votes, losing by an almost 20,000 margin.
Atiku narrowly wins in Katsina State
Tinubu Defeats Atiku, Obi In Oyo State
Obi wins Enugu in a landslide
With 428,640 votes, Peter Obi won the presidential race in Enugu state, defeating Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Bola Tinubu of APC, who earned 15,749 and 4,772 votes respectively.
This represents the first win for the Labour Party from the South east, and a long way from 2019 when PDP won 78% of the votes, while APC won 12% of the total votes.
INEC’s issues (2): Logistics
This issue rears its head at every national election, and 2023 was no different. Late arrival or non-arrival of polling unit materials and officials was again noted, similar to previous years. In his briefing on Sunday February 26th, the INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu recognised the non-arrival of voting materials and officials across places like Abia and four local governments in Imo State.
It is not yet clear the extent to which these issues were addressed, allowing voters in those areas to cast their votes. There were also credible reports of late or non-arrival of officials and materials in areas that could be opposition strongholds, fuelling speculations of voter suppression. In summary, the logistical failures of INEC appear significant once more.
INEC’s issues (1): The failure of electronic transmission
With the Electronic transmission of results, combined with the Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), INEC assured us of integrity regarding the conduct of the elections.
That promise, however, has not been fulfilled. As at 3 p.m. on February 27th, over 48 hours after the polls first opened, only 59,010 polling units were reporting on the INEC results viewing portal (IREV) out of 176,846 polling units, or just 33%. This is far below the standard necessary to preserve confidence in the integrity of results.
The INEC Chairman said that submission on IREV is not a condition for vote declaration at the national collation centre. However, the sheer length of time between the conclusion of voting in many places and the result upload has provided more than enough opportunity for election manipulation, making room for insinuations from various quarters.
Credibility is hard to build up and easy to lose. INEC is close to doing the latter.
Kwara records lower voter turnout than in 2019
Only 496,683 eligible Kwarians voted. This number is just 29% of the state’s nearly 1.7 million registered voters.
Total votes cast in the state in 2023 is higher than in 2019 where 486,254 people voted. But, turnout ratio was still higher in 2019, representing 35% of the state’s 1.4 million registered voters.
Kwara has historically been Nigeria’s kingmaker—presidential candidates that win in the state have emerged winner of the overall election since 1979.
39% voter turnout in Osun
This year’s voter turnout in Osun state was 39% with 756,744 votes cast.
The figure was less than half of Osun’s 1.6 million collected PVCs or its 2 million registered voters in 2023.
Which Presidential candidates have met the 25/24 criteria?
What are the state-level results so far?
We now have 8 states reporting presidential results. Tinubu appears to be in the lead with four states won so far. Atiku has won 3, and Obi, one.Remember, the eventual winner of the election must win two-thirds of 36 states and the FCT.
INEC confirms Atiku wins in Osun state
In a first, the PDP wins Yobe
PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has won in Yobe State with 198,567 votes, ahead of APC’s Bola Tinubu with 151,459 votes. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP placed third with 18,270 votes.
This will be the first time in the 4th Republic that the PDP will win the state. Since 1999, the All People’s Party (APP), All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and then the APC have all won the state.
INEC confirms APC win in Kwara state
National collation centre reconvenes
At least 3 parties (including PDP and LP) are contesting the Ekiti state results announcing an APC win for the Nigerian Presidential race.
As a reminder, the provisional results are below:
Obi takes over Atiku to emerge second place in presidential race
With a total of 1.2 million votes, Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candiate now slides to the second position ahead of Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate.
Bola Tinubu, the APC’s candidate maintains the first position with 2.1 million votes so far, which is 949, 901 votes ahead of Obi and 1.02 million votes ahead of Atiku.
In a tight race, Peter Obi wins Lagos
Provisional results from the state collation centre puts Peter Obi in the winning position ahead of Tinubu. The LP candidate received 582,454 votes and the APC candidate received 572,606.
A note for our readers: The national map on our platform will switch to a state level view (not LGA) ahead of the National Collation Centre reopening by 11 a.m. Don’t worry, you can still access granular data on the LGAs by visiting the state pages.
Disclaimer: This live result update is provisional and is sourced from INEC results viewing portal (IREV) and TV/INEC state collation centre. They are not official results.
National collation centre reopens in moments
Key states to watch out for in this update: Enugu, Ebonyi, and Kwara
Labour Party posts a win in Alimosho
The Labour Party has posted a big win in Alimosho, the largest local government in the state. The party achieved 71,327 votes vs the APC’s 62,909. This is the 8th local government LP is winning so far of the 18 local governments declared. This result has led to speculation that the APC’s hold on the state could be slipping.
Tinubu wins Ondo state
Tinubu wins in Ondo state with 369,924 out of 571,402 valid votes. PDP and LP come second and third with 115,163 and 47,353 votes respectively.
This is different from 2019’s outcome where Atiku won the popular vote with 49% of total votes cast with Buhari taking 43%. This time around, Tinubu won 65% of Ondo’s vote in this election cycle leaving 20% and 8% for Atiku and Obi respectively.
APC wins Kwara
Tinubu won 263,572 votes, ahead of Atiku with 136,909 votes, Obi with 31,166 and Kwankwaso with 3,141.
Kwara has successfully predicted the presidential results since 1979, mainly because it’s the confluence centre for several Nigerians of different ethnic and religious backgrounds. We’ll see if this holds true in 2023.
Labour Party leads in 4 out of 13 LGAs in Ebonyi
