Nigeria: The Official figures as INEC declares Goodluck Jonathan as winner

By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna: The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has declared President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP the winner of the 2011 presidential poll in Nigeria.

Announcing the result in Abuja last night, The INEC Chairman and the Chief Returning Officer for the presidential election, Professor Attahiru Jega, said the PDP candidate stands elected as President having satisfied the constitutional requirements for the position.

According to the announcement by the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, in total, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 22,495,187; Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) 12,214,853; All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) 917,012; and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) 2,079,151. The total valid votes are 37,716,842 out of 73 million registered voters, representing about 50 per cent voter turn-out.

Dr. Jonathan polled fifty eight point eighty-nine (58.89%) of the votes cast; Retired Major. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of  the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) scored thirty-one point ninety-eight per cent ( 31.98%); Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (ACN)  five point fifty- four (5.54%); and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) polled two point forty per cent (2.40%).

According to the law, the winner requires a simple majority or fifty-one per cent (51) of the total votes cast.

The PDP won in twenty-three (23) states, including sixteen(16) out of the seventeen (17) Southern states and seven Northern states Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau, Adamawa and Taraba and the FCT.

He also scored twenty-five (25 ) per cent or more in thirty two (32) states and FCT, surpassing the constitutional requirement of at least a quarter of the votes cast in at least twenty four states(24) of the of the federation.

However, in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Yobe, all in northern part of the country, the PDP did not meet the twent-five (25)  per cent requirement, thereby losing to the CPC candidate, Retired General Buhari who won in twelve states 12 states all in the north.

The states are Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger and Jigawa, Kebbi and Sokoto.

He met the twenty-five (25) per cent requirement in twelve (12) states, with Nasarawa and Taraba being the additional states even though he was not the winner there.

However, he scored less than twenty –five per cent (25) in twenty- four (24) states, including all Southern states and four northern states, Kogi, Kwara, Benue and Plateau.

The candidate of the ACN, Ribadu, won in only one state, Osun, while that of the ANPP, Shekarau, did not win in any state.

The INEC Chairman noted that the PDP candidate, Dr. Jonathan, apart from scoring the highest number of votes in the poll, also scored more than the mandatory twenty-five percent of the total number of votes cast in two thirds of the thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT as stipulated by law.

He said that Dr. Jonathan apart from scoring the highest number of votes cast – twenty two million four hundred and ninety-five thousand, one hundred and eighty-seven votes (22,495,187),  also scored more than twenty-five percent of the total vote cast in thirty-one states and the FCT.

Professor Jega who announced the results in his capacity as Chief Returning Officer of the presidential election as provided for by both the constitution of the land and the Electoral Act, said other candidates and their total number of votes include:

His closest contender Retired General Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, came a distant second with twelve million two hundred and fourteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-three (12,214,853 ),votes.

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, polled two million and seventy nine thousand one hundred fifty one ([2,079,151), votes.

Ibrahim Shekarau of All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, scored nine hundred and seventeen thousand and twelve (917,012 ) votes.

Here is the summary of the 2011 Presidential election results.

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