The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted the presidential and senatorial elections on Saturday, February 25 and the results from each states have begun trickling in.
A total of 18 presidential candidates contested the election which was held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Commission, on Sunday, commenced the last stage of the collation and announcement of the results of the presidential election by 6pm at the National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Even though, there have been postponements in some states, the election has been largely concluded across the 36 states and 774 Local Government Areas in the country.
Some states where the election has been concluded have finished collating the results at wards, local government and state levels, and the INEC collation officers across the states are expected to take turns to present their final figures.
The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who presides over the proceedings at the National Collation Centre, is the Chief Returning Officer of the presidential election. He will make the announcement of the final results and declare the winner of the election after taking the results of the elections from the polling units across the country.
However, four out of the eighteen candidates are considered major contenders, they are Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party.
To be declared the winner, a candidate must score the highest number of votes and at least 25 per cent of votes in 25 states (two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the federal capital, Abuja).
At about 6pm on Sunday, the INEC chairman announced the first result from Ekiti State.
Find below the results from each state as announced by the electoral umpire and amongst the four major contenders:
Ekiti State Results
APC: 201,494 votes — Winner
PDP: 89,544 votes
LP: 11,397 votes
NNPP: 264 votes
Kwara State Results
APC: 263,572 votes — Winner
PDP: 136,909 votes
LP: 31,166 votes
NNPP: 3,141 votes
Osun State Results
APC: 343,945 votes
PDP: 354,366 votes — Winner
LP: 23,283 votes
NNPP: 713 votes
Ondo State Results
APC: 369,924 votes — Winner
PDP: 115,463 votes
LP: 44,405 votes
NNPP: 930 votes
Ogun State Results
APC: 341,554 votes — Winner
PDP: 123,831 votes
LP: 85, 829 votes
NNPP: 2,200 votes
Oyo State Results
APC: 449,884 votes — Winner
PDP: 182,997 votes
LP: 99,110 votes
NNPP: 4,095 votes
Yobe State Results
APC: 151,459 votes
PDP: 198,567 votes — Winner
LP: 2,406 votes
NNPP: 18,270 votes
Enugu State Results
APC: 4,772 votes
PDP: 15,749 votes
LP: 428,640 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,808 votes
Lagos State Results
APC: 572,606 votes
PDP: 75,750 votes
LP: 582,664 votes — Winner
NNPP: 8,442 votes
Gombe State Results
APC: 146,977 votes
PDP: 319,123 votes — Winner
LP: 26,160 votes
NNPP: 10,520 votes
Jigawa State Results
APC: 421,390 votes — Winner
PDP: 386,587 votes
LP: 1,889 votes
NNPP: 98,234 votes
Adamawa State Results
APC: 182,881 votes
PDP: 417,611 votes — Winner
LP: 105,648 votes
NNPP: 8,006 votes
Katsina State Results
APC: 482,283 votes
PDP: 489,045 votes — Winner
LP: 6,376 votes
NNPP: 69,386 votes
Nasarawa State Results
APC: 172,922 votes
PDP: 147,093 votes
LP: 191,361 votes — Winner
NNPP: 12,715 votes
Niger State Results
APC: 375,183 votes — Winner
PDP: 284,898 votes
LP: 80,452 votes
NNPP: 21,836 votes
Abia State Results
APC: 8,914 votes
PDP: 22,676 votes
LP: 327,095 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,239 votes
Benue State Results
APC: 310,468 votes — Winner
PDP: 130,081 votes
LP: 308,372 votes
NNPP: 4,740 votes
Edo State Results
APC: 144,471 votes
PDP: 89,585 votes
LP: 331,163 votes — Winner
NNPP: 2,743 votes
Abuja State Results
APC: 90,902 votes
PDP: 74,194 votes
LP: 281,717 votes — Winner
NNPP: 4,517 votes
Akwa Ibom State Results
APC: 160,620 votes
PDP: 214,012 votes — Winner
LP: 132,683 votes
NNPP: 7,796 votes
Kogi State Results
APC: 240,751 votes — Winner
PDP: 145,104 votes
LP: 56,217 votes
NNPP: 4,238 votes
Bauchi State Results
APC: 316,694 votes
PDP: 426,607 votes — Winner
LP: 27,373 votes
NNPP: 72,103 votes
Plateau State Results
APC: 307,195 votes
PDP: 243,808 votes
LP: 466,272 votes — Winner
NNPP: 8,869 votes
Bayelsa State Results
APC: 42,572 votes
PDP: 68,818 votes — Winner
LP: 49,975 votes
NNPP: 540 votes
Kaduna State Results
APC: 399,293 votes
PDP: 554,360 votes — Winner
LP: 294,494 votes
NNPP: 92,969 votes
Kano State Results
APC: 517,341 votes
PDP: 131,716 votes
LP: 28,513 votes
NNPP: 997,279 votes — Winner
Kebbi State Results
APC: 248,088 votes
PDP: 285,175 votes — Winner
LP: 10,682 votes
NNPP: 5,038 votes
Zamfara State Results
APC: 298,396 votes — Winner
PDP: 193,978 votes
LP: 1,660 votes
NNPP: 4,044 votes
Sokoto State Results
APC: 285, 444 votes
PDP: 288,679 votes — Winner
LP: 6,568 votes
NNPP: 1,300 votes
Cross River State Results
APC: 130,520 votes
PDP: 95,425 votes
LP: 179,917 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,644 votes
Delta State Results
APC: 90,183 votes
PDP: 161,600 votes
LP: 341,866 votes — Winner
NNPP: 3,122
Ebonyi State Results
APC: 42,402 votes
PDP: 13,503 votes
LP: 259,738 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,661 votes
Anambra State Results
APC: 5,111 votes
PDP: 9,036 votes
LP: 584,621 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,967 votes
Imo State Results
APC: 66,406 votes
PDP: 30,234 votes
LP: 360,495 votes — Winner
NNPP: 1,552 votes
Taraba State Results
APC: 136,165 votes
PDP: 189,017 votes — Winner
LP: 146,315 votes
NNPP: 12,818 votes
Borno State Results
APC: 252,282 votes — Winner
PDP: 190,921 votes
LP: 7,205 votes
NNPP: 4,626 votes
Rivers State Results
APC: 231,591 votes — Winner
PDP: 175,071 votes
LP: 88,468 votes
NNPP: 1,322 votes
Following the above results, the totals votes polled by the four major presidential candidates were:
APC: 8,794,726 votes — Winner
PDP: 6,984,520 votes
LP: 6,101,533 votes
NNPP: 1,496, 687 votes
The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been declared the president-elect.