#NigeriaDecides2019: Buhari beats Atiku in Kaduna with 343, 833 votes

#NigeriaDecides2019: Buhari beats Atiku in Kaduna with 343, 833 votes

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari has won in 14 of the 23 local governments in Kaduna State.

Details of the results showed the number of registered voters in the state as 3,861033 while the number of accredited voters stand at 1,757868 and the number of invalid votes, 17,534.

The APC presidential candidate polled 993445 ahead of PDP’s 649, 612 votes.

Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar led in nine local governments.

Atiku won in seven of the eight local governments in the Southern Senatorial Zone of the state and in two local governments in the Central Senatorial Zone.

The APC presidential candidate however, won the eight local governments in the northern zone and five out of the seven in the central zone and one in the southern zone.

The results for the presidential elections in Kaduna State were announced by the Chief Collation Officer in the state, Prof. Shehu Bello.

Details of the result, according to local governments, are as follows:

1. KUBAU LG
APC: 67,140
PDP: 13,296

2. MAKARFI LG
APC: 36,625
PDP: 14,494

3. IKARA LG
APC: 44,021
PDP: 14,464

4. KAURA LG
APC: 6,907
PDP: 33,647

5. JABA LG
APC: 6,400
PDP: 22,758

6. KUDAN
APC: 30,577
PDP: 11,692

7. ZANGO KATAF
APC: 10,411
PDP: 62,622

8. SABON GARI
APC: 58,467
PDP: 22,644

9. KAURU
APC – 33, 578
PDP – 27, 041

10. SOBA
APC – 51, 548
PDP – 10, 646

11. KAGARKO
APC – 16, 668
PDP – 21, 605

12. KAJURU
APC – 7, 888
PDP – 31, 446

13. GIWA
APC – 45, 574
PDP – 9, 838

14. IGABI
APC – 97308
PDP – 20281

15. JEMA’A
APC= 19, 412
PDP = 61, 763

16. KADUNA SOUTH
APC= 92, 637
PDP = 41, 004

17. BIRNIN GWARI
APC – 33,786
PDP – 8,206

18. ZARIA
APC – 111, 082
PDP – 23,882

(19) CHIKUN
APC 21, 930
PDP 82,909

(20) SANGA LGA
APC = 14,860
PDP = 17, 411

(21) KACHIA LGA
APC = 24, 905
PDP = 40,337

(22) LERE LGA
APC: 64, 299
PDP: 32,426

(23) KADUNA NORTH LGA
APC – 97, 514
PDP – 27, 185