Atiku defeats Buhari with wide margin in Abia State (OFFICIAL)

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the Presidential election in Abia State with wide margin.

Atiku polled 219,698 votes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who had 85,068 votes in Abia State.

The State Collation Officer for Presidential Election (SCOPE), also known as the Returning Officer in Abia, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, made the announcement while submitting the collated results of the state.

He added that the total valid votes are 323,291, rejected votes 21,180; total votes cast 344,471; total registered voters 1,793,861and total accredited voters as 361,561.

Nwajiuba, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, gave the performance of all the parties in the 17 local governments of the state as follows:

A 45

AA 51

AAC 212

AAP 251

ABP 35

ACD 110

ACPN 134

ADC 336

ADP 131

AGA 93

AGAP 239

ANDP 60

ANN 88

ANP 68

ANRP 61

APA 501

APC 85,068

APDA 965

APGA 9638

APM 78

APP 48

ASD 21

AUN 16

BNPP 23

CAP 7

CC 18

CNP 33

DA 40

DPC 79

DPP 269

FRESH 47

FJP 69

GDPN 200

GPN 21

HDP 14

ID 18

JMPP 17

KP 18

LM 8

LP 92

MAJA 15

MMN 85

MPN 30

NAC 37

NCMP 11

NCP 65

NDCP 12

NDLP 28

NEPP 23

NFD 41

NIP 25

NNPP 52

NPC 180

NRM 74

NUP 82

PCP 1489

PDP 219,698

PPA 195

PPC 113

PPN 42

PT 47

RAP 76

RBNP 38

RP 30

SDP 472

SNC 222

SNP 28

UDP 109

UP 19

UPN 7

WTPN 1

YES 13

YPP 720