THE TOTAL SO FAR: Jonathan (PDP) 22million, Buhari (CPC) 10.8million and Ribadu (ACN) 2.2million.
The provisional results from 35 states of the country including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is on his way to retaining presidential power until May 29, 2015.
And barring further delays, he will be declared as winner of the 2011 presidential elections today by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, whose Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, said the results would be ready in 48 hours after the polls.
Jonathan swept the polls in all the 17 states of the South except Osun, which was won by Malam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.
Jonathan swept the polls in all the 17 states of the South except Osun, which was won by Malam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.
He also had the elections under wraps in the FCT, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Adamawa and Taraba, thereby winning outright in 23 states.
He lost all the seven North-West states of Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara and Jigawa as well as Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Borno and Yobe to his closest challenger, Maj General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC. He nevertheless scored at least 25 per cent of votes cast in the affected states apart from Kano and Niger.
The President recorded his best performances in Akwa Ibom, Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu and Rivers states where he garnered more than 90 per cent of the valid votes cast.
Buhari won in 12 states with his best performance in his home state of Katsina where he recorded 73.10 per cent of the votes cast.
So far, Jonathan is ahead of his challengers with 21, 957, 849 votes followed by Buhari (10,884,669 votes) and Ribadu, 2,020,077 votes.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS AT A GLANCE
PDP CPC ACN
*1.ABIA
PDP 1,175,984
CPC 3,743
ACN n/a
*2. ADAMAWA
PDP 508,314
CPC 344,526
ACN
3. AKWA IBOM
PDP 1,165,629
CPC 5,348
ACN 54,148
4. ANAMBRA
PDP 1,145,169
CPC 4,223
ACN 3,437
5. BAUCHI
PDP 258,000
CPC 1, 300,000
6. BAYELSA
PDP 504,811
CPC 691
ACN 370
7. BENUE
PDP 658,472
CPC 102,171
ACN 223,007
*8. BORNO
PDP 207,075
CPC 909,763
*9. CROSS RIVER
PDP 709,382
CPC 4,002
ACN 5,839
*10. DELTA
PDP 1,368,851
CPC 8,960
ACN 13,146
*11. EBONYI
PDP 480,592 1
CPC 1,025
ACN 1,102
*12. EDO
PDP 542, 173
CPC 17,795
13. EKITI
PDP 135,009
CPC 2,689
ACN 116,981
14. ENUGU
PDP 802,144
CPC 3,753
ACN 1,755
15. FCT
PDP 253,444
CPC 131,576
ACN 2327
*16. GOMBE
PDP 290,347
CPC 459, 898
ACN 3,420
17. IMO
PDP 1,381,357
CPC 7,591
ACN 14,821
*18. JIGAWA
PDP 491,252
CPC 663,994
ACN n/a
*19. KADUNA
PDP 1,190,179
CPC 1,334,244
ACN 11,278
*20. KANO
PDP 440,665
CPC 1,624,543
ACN 42,353
*21. KATSINA
PDP 424,587
CPC 1,154,000
ACN n/a
*22. KEBBI
PDP 369,198
CPC 501,453
ACN n/a
23. KOGI
PDP 399,816
CPC 132,201
ACN 6,516
24. KWARA
PDP 268,243
CPC 83,603
ACN 52, 432
25. LAGOS
PDP 1,281,688
CPC 189,983
ACN 427,203
26. NIGER
PDP 321429
CPC 652574
27. NASARAWA
PDP 408,997
CPC 278,390
28.OGUN
PDP 309,177
CPC 17,654
ACN 199,555
29. ONDO
PDP 387, 376
CPC 11,890
ACN 74,253
30. OSUN
PDP 188,409
CPC 6,997
ACN 299, 711
31. OYO
PDP 484,758
CPC 92,396
ACN 252,240
*32. PLATEAU
PDP 1,029,809
CPC 356, 551
ACN 10, 181
*33. RIVERS
PDP 1,817,762
CPC 13,182
ACN 16,382
34. SOKOTO
PDP 309,057
CPC 540,769
ACN 20,144
35 TARABA
PDP 451,354
CPC 257,987
ACN 17,791
36. YOBE
PDP 117,128
CPC 337547
ACN 6069
*37. ZAMFARA
PDP 238,980
CPC 624,515
ACN 17,970
* Asterisked results yet to be confirmed by INEC Chairman as at press time
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