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
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