Abuja election results 2023

Results have begun trickling in from Nigeria's presidential election, two days after voters in Africa's biggest democracy went to the polls.

Nigeria's electoral commission has started announcing state-by-state results from Saturday's presidential election.

Two days after what many described as historic presidential and National Assembly polls, results are now pouring in from several parts of the country.

The collation of results in the election that observers and voters say had many logistical challenges is still ongoing.

Officials arrived late and could not get the BVAS, which was being used for the first time at the national level, to work. There is also a wildcard candidate – [Rabiu Kwankwaso](/features/2023/2/1/kwankwaso-went-from-unpopular-governor-to-nigerian-presidential-wildcard) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). “This is not what people expected,” Kanyisola said. At the Awada Primary School in the city of Onitsha in the southeastern state of Anambra, more than a thousand people waited more than six hours to be accredited and vote. [Obi won](/news/2023/2/27/nigerias-peter-obi-wins-in-lagos-state-in-presidential-election) in the presidential count for Lagos, which has long been a major stronghold of Tinubu, a former governor of the state. “I am disappointed with the way INEC has conducted this election – it has been poorly conducted and poorly monitored, and there are a lot of irregularities that have led to results manipulation,” Oluwaseyi Elijah, a 26-year-old student, told Al Jazeera in the central Nigerian city of Ilorin.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ended the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election at the International Conference ...

The four heavyweights and strong contenders have large followings with the numerical potential of emerging as the successor of President Muhammadu Buhari whose two-term tenure ends on May 29, 2023. Likewise, Obi won Enugu while Tinubu won Ogun. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ended the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election at the International Conference Centre in Abuja for the day.

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission has begun announcing official results from Saturday's presidential election. But just minutes into the ...

Obi is mostly backed by young people, who accounted for over 80 percent of the 10 million first time voters. The delays forced INEC to extend voting into a second day on Sunday. But the announcement of results was met with resistance from political parties. And we must continue improving and trying to harmonize them," he said. Other people were getting accreditation, no paper was given to them," he said. Last weekend's polls were marred by delays and technical problems that saw thousands of voters hit the streets Sunday in protest.

INEC said at the moment there are about five states ready to present results, while about five other states were on their way to Abuja for presentation.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government. Mr Okoye said that at the moment there were about five states ready at the moment, while about five other states were on their way to Abuja for the presentation.

Although more results came in last night, pointing in the direction of a likely winner of the presidential election, agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...

We are saying that we are not here to rubber stamp the electoral fraud that has been prepared by INEC and APC. We have records of where the BVAS were not used and results have been pronounced. So, we are completely dissociating ourselves and that’s why we staged a walkout to express the unfortunate politicisation and commercialisation of our electoral process. A former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has berated INEC and its chairman, Prof. The number of accredited voters is in this particular case higher than the total number of votes cast,” he explained. “I saw some postings on social media to the effect that the election result was published on the 20th of February, five days ahead of the election. Over-voting means the total number of votes cast is higher than the number of accredited voters. And that information as we speak is on the Commission’s website. In her preliminary report, the EU, stated that, “Nigerians went to the polls in highly anticipated presidential and National Assembly elections that INEC kept on schedule despite a volatile and challenging environment. Banda said, “The delegation observed that late opening of polling locations and logistical failures created tensions and the secrecy of the ballot was compromised in some polling units given overcrowding. “Abuse of incumbency by various political office holders distorted the playing field and there were widespread allegations of vote buying. Umar Farouk Ibrahim, Action Peoples Party (APP), Chinemelo Ubah and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), yesterday, staged a walkout at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, alleging that the electoral process was flawed.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again postponed the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election at the International ...

The four heavyweights and strong contenders have large followings with the numerical potential of emerging as the successor of President Muhammadu Buhari whose two-term tenure ends on May 29, 2023. The collation of results from state started on Sunday. He explained that though results from five states are available, the commission expects at least 10 more states to join today’s collation. Elections for the office of the President, 360 House of Representatives and 109 Senatorial seats were held in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday and Nigerians expect the declaration of results by the electoral umpire. Likewise, Obi won Enugu while Tinubu won Ogun. On Sunday, at the official opening of the national collation centres, Mahmood said the collation of presidential election results would be done at four levels — first at the 8,889 wards, then at the 774 local government areas, then the SCOPs at the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory will submit the votes per candidate in Abuja.

Protesters Tuesday stormed the adjourning streets leading to the Presidential Collation Centre at the International Conference Centre, Abuja to demand the ...

After it has been counted, it will be transmitted directly to a central server. We just wanted hope; we just wanted things to work. We are looking to the future. Whosoever we have voted for should be announced as the president of the country. They assured us of a transparent process and that the BVAS would be used, which is supposed to be an electronic process. We just wanted whoever we voted for to emerge as the president of this country.

According to Inec, na di State Coalition Officer for di Presidential Election (SCOPE) go first present di result before Oga Yakubu go ratify and announce ...

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Results in so far from Nigeria's presidential poll give the ruling party candidate 47% of the vote.