Atiku wins all LGAs in Anambra

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election conducted in Anambra State.

The party’s vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, hails from the state.

The collation officer for Anambra, Prof. Francis Otunta, Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University, announced at 2 a.m. on Tuesday in Awka, that Atiku defeated Muhammadu Buhari by 524,738 votes to 33,298 votes.

Results show that Atiku won in all 21 local government areas in the state.

Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), John Gbor, scored 30, 034 votes to emerge third, while Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) got 4, 091 votes.

Otunta said the state had a total of 2.389, 332 million registered voters, 675, 273 were accredited. The total number of votes cast was 605,734 while 19,301 votes were rejected.

“The Anambra presidential election results, as collated, will be handed over to the INEC National Chairman in Abuja who will add it to others across the 36 states and the FCT, before the final announcement of the winner,” Otunta said.

See full results below:

ANAOCHA LGA

APC- 1055

PDP- 30655

DUNUKOFIA

APC- 1452

PDP- 17270

ANAMBRA WEST

APC- 2428

PDP- 15384

NJIKOKA

APC- 967

PDP- 28364

OYI

APC- 1272

PDP- 20977

ANAMBRA EAST

APC- 6755

PDP- 13422

ORUMBA SOUTH

APC- 761

PDP- 18867

AWKA SOUTH

APC- 1435

PDP- 40099

AWKA NORTH

APC- 1134

PDP- 15725

NNEWI NORTH

APC- 1324

PDP- 34260

ONITSHA SOUTH

APC- 905

PDP- 29795

IHIALA

APC- 1382

PDP- 34307

AYAMELUM

APC- 1458

PDP- 18642

ONITSHA NORTH

APC- 1220

PDP- 33597

AGUATA

APC- 1955

PDP- 32328

EKWUSIGO

APC- 906

PDP- 23194

NNEWI SOUTH

APC- 1127

PDP- 21658

IDEMILI SOUTH

APC- 2220

PDP- 17039

OGBARU

APC- 1044

PDP- 22084

ORUMBA NORTH

APC- 652

PDP-19883

IDEMILI NORTH

APC- 1846

PDP- 37188