The presidential, legislative and governorship/state assembly elections in Nigeria were held in a very tense environment. They were nevertheless recognised as “most credible” since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999. They also dispelled quite a number of long-held myths about Nigeria. This is the point of view of His Excellency Gordon H. Bristol, Nigeria’s Ambassador to France who highlights in our interview: “A Nigerian, irrespective of where he or she comes from, who is popular with Nigerians generally has a good chance of winning the presidency, be it from a minority ethnic group or from any of the majority ethnic groups”. > read the interview
Results  Source : INEC : http://www.inecnigeria.org The Candidates A total of 18 candidates vied to become the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. These were the top contenders. NAME: Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan DATE OF BIRTH: November 20, 1957 PLACE OF BIRTH: Bayelsa State, Nigeria NAME: Gen. Muhammadu Buhari PLACE OF BIRTH: Katsina state, Nigeria NAME: Malam Nuhu Ribadu PLACE OF BIRTH: Adamawa State, Nigeria NAME: Malam Ibrahim Shekarau PLACE OF BIRTH: Kano State, Nigeria Useful links ABUJA, April 17 (Reuters) - Below is a table of results from states around Nigeria from Saturday's presidential elections. The figures show the number of votes won by the main candidates in each state. There are 36 states plus Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Independent National Electoral Commission has yet to centrally confirm all of the figures, which may mean slight adjustments to some numbers. PDP CPC ACN ANPP ABIA 1,175,984 3,743 4,392 1,455 ADAMAWA 508,314 344,526 32,786 2,706 AKWA-IBOM 1,165,629 5,348 54,148 2,000 ANAMBRA 1,145,169 4,223 3,537 975 BAUCHI 258,404 1,315,209 16,674 8,777 BAYELSA 504,811 691 370 136 BENUE 694,776 109,680 223,007 8,592 BORNO 207,075 909,763 7,533 37,279 CROSS RIVER 709,382 4,002 5,839 2,521 DELTA 1,378,851 8,960 13,110 2,746 EBONYI 480,592 1,025 1,112 14,296 EDO 542,173 17,795 54,242 2,174 EKITI 185,009 2,689 116,981 1,482 ENUGU 802,144 3,753 1,755 1,111 FCT 253,444 131,576 2,327 3,170 GOMBE 290,376 495,898 3,420 136 IMO 1,381,357 7,591 14,821 2,520 JIGAWA 491,252 663,994 17,353 7,676 KADUNA 1,190,179 1,334,244 11,278 17,301 KANO 440,666 1,624,543 42,353 526,310 KATSINA 428,392 1,163,919 10,945 6,342 KEBBI 369,198 501,453 26,171 3,298 KOGI 399,816 132,201 6,516 16,491 KWARA 268,243 83,603 52,432 1,672 LAGOS 1,281,688 189,983 427,203 8,941 NASARAWA 408,997 278,390 1,204 1,047 NIGER 321,429 652,574 13,344 7,138 OGUN 309,177 17,654 199,555 2,969 ONDO 387,376 11,890 74,253 6,741 OSUN 188,409 6,997 299,711 3,617 OYO 484,758 92,396 252,240 7,156 PLATEAU 1,029,865 356,551 10,181 5,235 RIVERS 1,817,762 13,182 16,382 1,449 SOKOTO 309,057 540,769 20,144 5,063 TARABA 451,354 257,986 17,791 1,203 YOBE 117,128 337,537 6,069 143,179 ZAMFARA 238,180 624,515 17,970 46,554 TOTAL 22,616,416 12,250,853 2,079,151 911,455 CANDIDATES AND PARTIES PDP - Goodluck Jonathan (People's Democratic Party) CPC - Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change) ACN - Nuhu Ribadu (Action Congress of Nigeria) ANPP - Ibrahim Shekarau (All Nigeria Peoples Party) (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/ ) (Reporting by Reuters correspondents in Nigeria; Compiled by Nick Tattersall) Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. for-phone-onlyfor-tablet-portrait-upfor-tablet-landscape-upfor-desktop-upfor-wide-desktop-up
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