THE Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, the winner of the governorship election in Jigawa State.
Namadi, who is the incumbent Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, won in 26 of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa with a total of 618,449 votes.
His closest challenger, Mustapha Lamido of the People Democratic Party (PDP), won in his hometown, Birnin Kudu LGA.
The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Aminu Ibrahim, came a distant third with 37,156.
Ibrahim did not win any local government. He was defeated by the APC candidate in his Ringim LGA with 32,475 against his 7, 809. The PDP candidate came second in the council area with 12,318 votes.
The INEC collation officer for the governorship election in Jigawa, Zaiyanu Umar, announced that Namadi scored 618,449 of the total votes cast to beat Mr Lamido who polled 368,726 votes.
The APC candidate won with a margin of 249,723 votes.
Jigawa has 2,351,298 registered voters, out of which 1,073,540 voters were accredited for the governorship election.
The result showed that the total votes cast was 1,052,793, out of which 20,226 votes were rejected. Valid votes were 1,032.567
Below are the results per local government declared by INEC:
Garki LGA
APC 26,031
LP 33
NNPP 3,199
PDP 12,449
Miga LGA
APC 18,537
LP 08
NNPP 705
PDP 11,520
Buji LGA
APC 15,941
LP 07
NNPP 316
PDP 11,447
Kazaure LGA
APC 13650
LP 34
NNPP 559
PDP 10138
Auyo LGA
APC 25115
LP 59
NNPP 1400
PDP 10424
Babura LGA
APC 28,041
LP 67
NNPP 2,567
PDP 13,172
Roni LGA
APC 15,697
NNPP 258
PDP 7,419
Gagarawa LGA
APC 12,752
LP 31
PDP 8,704
NNPP 1,405
Maigatari LGA
APC 19321
LP 11
NNPP 481
PDP 13161
Mala Madori LGA
APC 20538
LP 25
NNPP 914
PDP 10692
Yankwashi LGA
APC 8473
LP 26
NNPP 294
PDP 5069
TAURA LGA
APC 25991
LP 35
NNPP 1569
PDP 11753
Birnin Kudu LGA
APC 33027
LP 30
NNPP 677
PDP 35517
Birninwa LGA
APC 21341
LP 14
NNPP 1199
PDP 12149
KIYAWA LGA
APC 25397
LP 10
NNPP 486
PDP 16363
Kaugama LGA
APC 23557
LP 20
NNPP 2165
PDP 13658
Hadejia LGA
APC 28,381
LP 50
NNPP 2001
PDP 4304
Gumel LGA
APC 12,921
LP 05
NNPP 137
PDP 9,132
GWIWA LGA
APC 17526
LP 14
NNPP 368
PDP 6959
Guri LGA
APC 17384
LP 09
NNPP 2267
PDP 6829
Jahun LGA
APC 31376
LP 17
NNPP 1127
PDP 21106
Suleja/Tankarkar LGA
APC 22819
LP 21
NNPP 1305
PDP 14512
Kafin Hausa LGA
APC 35458
LP 25
NNPP 755
PDP 17049
Kirikasama LGA
APC 22255
LP 11
NNPP 1462
PDP 10586
Dutse LGA
APC 30051
LP 44
NNPP 674
PDP 28464
Ringim LGA
APC 32475
LP 44
NNPP 7809
PDP 12318
Gwaram LGA
APC 34394
LP 309
NNPP 1057
PDP 33832
