Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Nigeria Presidential Elections INEC announce results, Buhari in the lead

UPDATE

[03:23PM] Results so far

Total Number of Votes: 24,182,731
Goodluck Jonathan: 10,866,249 votes
Muhammadu Buhari: 13,762,747 votes

[03:15PM] Results so far

Total Number of Votes: 24,157,205
Goodluck Jonathan: 10,840,723 votes
Muhammadu Buhari: 13,316,482 votes

[03:06PM] Results so far

Total Number of Votes: 23,139,522
Goodluck Jonathan: 10,754,638 votes
Muhammadu Buhari: 12,384,884 votes

[02:43PM] Results so far

Total Number of Votes: 22,461,824
Goodluck Jonathan: 10,450,901votes
Muhammadu Buhari: 12,010,923 votes

[02:31PM] Results so far

Total Number of Votes: 21,792,969
Goodluck Jonathan: 10,349,929 votes
Muhammadu Buhari: 11,443,040 votes

[01:16PM] Results so far
Total Number of Votes: 20,409,569
Goodluck Jonathan: 9,953,432 votes

Muhammadu Buhari: 10,456,137 votes

The atmosphere in Nigeria now is one of palpable tension as Nigerians await the final results of the recently concluded Presidential elections.

Results from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muhammadu Buhari in a clear lead.

Buhari is currently ahead of incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan by 2, 032, 226 votes.

The APC candidate garnered 8,520,436 votes from the states announced while Jonathan won 6,488,210 votes.

Buhari won resounding victory in Kaduna, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kogi and Ogun while Jonathan won in Abia, Anambra, Nasarawa, Enugu, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Plateau and FCT.

INEC is set to reconvene at 10am today, Tuesday, March 31 to continue collation and announcement of results.