The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won Zamfara State, defeating his major contenders in Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It was reported that Tinubu won after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the results from the 14 local government areas of the state among which APC won 12 while PDP claimed the remaining two.
Tinubu polled 298,396 votes while Mr Atiku polled 193,978 votes.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) got 4,044 votes while Peter Obi of the Labour Party polled 1,660.
Below is the breakdown of the votes according to local government areas:
Registered Voters – 1,879,308
Accredited voters – 527,137
VALID VOTES – 502,923
REJECTED VOTES – 16,508
TOTAL VOTE CAST – 519,431
ANKA LGA
APC – 13,467
PDP – 5,358
GUMMI LGA
APC – 22,745
PDP – 20,70
BUKKUYUM LGA
APC – 15,
PDP – 9,914
TALATA MAFARA LGA
APC – 35,384
PDP –472
MARADUN LGA
APC 21, 274
PDP 5, 829
BAKURA LGA
APC 34,110
PDP 10,824
SHINKAFI LGA
APC – 8,692
PDP – 7,517
BIRNIN MAGAJI LGA
APC – 22,638
PDP – 6,467
KAURA NAMODA LGA
APC – 25,301
PDP – 17,664
ZURMI LGA
APC – 14,651
PDP – 13,081
BUNGUDU LGA
APC – 22,013
PDP – 22,430
TSAFE LGA
APC – 24,984
PDP – 17,871
MARU LGA
APC – 12,064
PDP – 7,776
GUSAU LGA
APC – 25,261
PDP – 41,073
