By; USMAN NASIDI, Kaduna
The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has won the just concluded 2023 presidential election by defeating the rulling All Progressives Comgress (APC) in the state.
While making the pronouncement after collation of the results presented at the Kaduna INEC Office by the local government returning officers, Prof Muhammad Zayyad Umar who serves as the state returning officer declared the PDP as the winner with a margin of 155,067 votes.
The state returning officer who is also the Vice Chancellor Birnin Kebbi University, pronounced that PDP has 554,360 votes, while APC has 399,293, followed by LP with 294,494, then NNPP with 92,962.
Similarly, all the political parties agents agreed with the results presented as figured below for each of the local gov’t area’s.
KAURA LGA
APC = 1,847
PDP = 7,844
NNPP = 320
LP = 25,744
GIWA LGA
APC = 19,922
PDP = 22,302
NNPP = 3,114
LP = 565
KAJURU LGA
APC = 3,940
PDP = 9,253
NNPP = 1,221
LP = 14,875
MAKARFI LGA
APC = 13,767
PDP = 22,098
NNPP = 5,219
LP = 759
KADUNA SOUTH LGA
APC = 29,596
PDP = 42,996
NNPP = 9,124
LP = 22,577
JABA LGA
APC = 3,131
PDP = 8,798
NNPP = 335
LP = 9,967
KAURU LGA
APC = 15,870
PDP = 19,018
NNPP = 3,128
LP = 11,293
LERE LGA
APC = 24,695
PDP = 34,149
NNPP = 7,264
LP = 15,568
IKARA LGA
APC = 17,297
PDP = 24,540
NNPP = 4,274
LP = 994
SANGA LGA
APC = 9,393
PDP = 9,233
NNPP = 356
LP = 9,088
KAGARKO LGA
APC = 9,698
PDP = 14,027
NNPP = 1,255
LP = 12,502
KACHIA LGA
APC = 12,053
PDP = 16,049
NNPP = 1,521
LP = 17,381
ZANGON KATAF LGA
APC = 5,877
PDP = 20,170
NNPP = 246
LP = 22,689
JEMA’A LGA
APC = 10,928
PDP = 16,452
NNPP = 719
LP = 26,560
ZARIA LGA
APC = 41,432
PDP = 62,260
NNPP = 8,729
LP = 3,634
SABON GARI LGA
APC = 25,714
PDP = 30,713
NNPP = 6,082
LP = 12,834
SOBA LGA
APC = 18,965
PDP = 23,364
NNPP = 3,722
LP = 354
KUBAU LGA
APC = 20,139
PDP = 23,686
NNPP = 4,819
LP = 1,701
BIRNIN GWARI LGA
APC = 17,080
PDP = 8,774
NNPP = 1,143
LP = 235
CHIKUN LGA
APC = 9,367
PDP = 32,659
NNPP = 2,742
LP = 69,117
KUDAN LGA
APC = 11,630
PDP = 19,340
NNPP = 6,747
LP = 923
KADUNA NORTH LGA
APC = 39,693
PDP = 40,670
NNPP = 12,613
LP = 10,330
IGABI LGA
APC = 37,259
PDP = 45,966
NNPP = 8,276
LP = 4,839
– FINAL RESULT
APC = 399,293
PDP = 554,360
NNPP = 92,962
LP = 294,494