#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins Katsina with 1,232,133 votes

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins Katsina with 1,232,133 votes

By Habibu Umar Aminu

President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 1,232,133 votes to emerge winner of last Saturday’s presidential election held in Katsina state.

His PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 308,056 votes.

A breakdown of the results showed that Katsina has total registered voters of 3,210,422 while the total accredited voters of the elections are 1,628,865.

The total number of votes cast is 1,619,185 while 63,712 were rejected votes.

Buhari won all the 34 local government areas declared by INEC in the state.

A breakdown of the results as announced by the state’s Coalition Officer, Prof. Fatima Muktar, shows as follows:

Ingawa

APC – 29,230

PDP – 7,625



Kurfi

APC – 25,074

PDP – 9,175



Matazu

APC – 27,625

PDP – 9,151



Daura

APC – 37,648

PDP – 4,650



Sandamu

APC  – 29,220

PDP – 9,025,



Rimi

APC – 33,361

PDP  – 8,818



Danmusa

APC – 30,011

PDP  – 7,528



Safana

APC – 26,631

PDP  – 5,756



Dutsi

APC – 22,774

PDP – 5,330



Batsari

APC  – 26,774

PDP  – 7,916



Kusada

APC  – 21,071

PDP – 6,713



Bakori

APC – 53,623

PDP – 11,931



Batagarawa

APC  – 37,695

PDP  – 8,453



Bindawa

APC – 35,030

PDP – 9,623



Musawa

APC – 31,690

PDP – 6,673



Dutsinma

APC – 35,700

PDP – 10,440



Danja

APC – 41,183

PDP – 9,664



Zango

APC – 25,207 ‎

PDP – 6891



Dandume

APC – 35,699

PDP – 6,647



Mashi

APC – 31,786

PDP – 14,344



Baure

APC – 42,108

PDP – 8,534



Sabuwai

APC – 22,879

PDP – 10,256



Katsina

APC – 68,968

PDP -15,170



Malumfashi

APC – 60,143

PDP – 12,352



Kafur

APC – 56,954

PDP – 15,345



Kankara

APC – 53,853

PDP – 10,768



Jibia

APC – 33,030

PDP – 7,987



Mani

APC – 38,826

PDP – 8,565



Funtua

APC – 56,256

PDP – 6,927



Faskari

APC – 44,987

PDP – 14,648

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