Breakdown Of 25.3 Million Votes In Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election

Bola Tinubu of the APC party has been declared winner of the Presidential race by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He won about 37 per cent of the votes, the electoral commission said, while Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) drew 29 per cent and Peter Obi of the Labour Party took 25.5 per cent.

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.

A total of 18 presidential candidates contested the election held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Saturday.

Below is how they shared the 25.3 million valid votes in the election.

Candidate	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
Peter Obi	LP	6,101,533
Rabiu Kwankwaso	NNPP	1,496,687
Felix Johnson	NRM	24,869
Atiku Abubakar	PDP	6,984,520
Kola Abiola	PRP	72,144
Adewole Adebayo	SDP	80,267
AAbdul-Malik Ado-Ibrahim	YPP	60,600