The Kaduna State Returning Officer, Professor Muazu Abubakar Gusau, announced the exercise’s results early Monday morning.
He announced the results at 3.20 a.m.
He said the total number of Registered Voters was 3516719 while the total number of accredited voters was 109,7663.
Gusau gave the numbers of polls garnered by each of the eighteen political parties that participated in the election and other facts as:
A—255
AA—523
AAC—234
ADC—–1405
ADP—1798
APC—-482,283
APGA—–1391
APM—–603
APP—269
BP—-307
LP—-6376
NNPP—-69386
NRM—1053
PDP—-489045
PRP—-1986
SDP—339
YPP—1029
ZLP—371
Total Valid Votes —-1058673
Rejected votes—-32514
Total votes cast—-1091187.
The returning officer also disclosed that votes were cancelled in some parts of the state due to over-voting, violence, thuggery and insecurity.
According to him, the affected areas included Baure (one polling unit), Danmusa (two polling units), Daura (one polling unit), Dutsinma (one polling unit), Funtua (three polling units), Kafur (twelve polling units), Kankara (one polling unit), Katsina (seven polling units), Kurfi (one polling unit), and Kusada (one polling unit).
Others were Maiadua ( One polling unit); Malumfashi ( Ten polling units); Mashi ( Ten polling units); Sabuwa ( One polling unit) and Safana (Ten polling units).
Gusau gave the total number of registered voters whose elections were cancelled because of the reasons he earlier stated as 51310.
Total Registered voters: 1,549,243
Total Accredited Voters: 542,997
Total votes casts: 533,778
Valid votes: 510,043
Rejected votes: 23,735
A 284
AA 296
AAC 158
ADC 1,446
ADP 765
APC 146,977
APGA 558
APM 348
APP 208
BP 210
LP 26,160
NNPP 10,520
NRM 1,061
PDP 319,123
PRP 384
SDP 137
YPP 439
ZLP 969
As announced by the State Collation Officer: Prof. Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor (VC) Federal University Gashua.
