Sokoto State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been declared winner of the April 11 governorship election by the state returning officer, Professor Abubakar Abdullahi Bagudu.
Making the declaration at about 07:12 pm at the Sultan Maccido Institute of Qua’ranic and General Studies, Sokoto, venue of the state collation centre for the exercise, Bagudu commended the people for their resilience and patience.
In his submission, Bagudu said, a total of 958, 736 votes were cast with 926, 682 as valid and 320, 54 as invalid.
While summing up the votes polled by each party from across the 23 local government areas, Bagudu said, the AA got 111, Accord Party 47, ACPN 265, AD 285, ADC 403, APA 2905, APC 647, 609, APGA 1571, CPP 874, ID 374, LP 272, NCP 243, NNPP 301, PDC 442, PDP 269, 074, PPA 1163, PDM 211, SDP 118, UDP 155, UPN 136 and UPP polling 123 votes cumulatively.
Analysis of the two contending parties in the state (APC and PDP as regards their respective votes in each of the 23 LGAs of the state shows thus:
LGA APC PDP
1…….BINJI 17,153 5,975
2..SOKOTO SOUTH 42,153 19,421
3…BODINGA 25,413 12,179
4…ISA 19,626 15,695
5..SOKOTO NORTH 42,977 17,202
6..TURETA 14,851 9,235
7…KWARE 23,073 10,041
8…GWADABAWA 33,227 11,788
9…WURNO 23, 073 6,876
10…SILAME 20,335 7,800
11..DENGE SHUNI 28,006 12,244
12.. RABBAH 19,481 8,846
13..SHAGARI 26, 197 10,126
14..GORONYO 29,095 12,760
15. TANGAZA 21, 542 9,991
16..GUDU 13,843 9,925
17..SABON BIRNI 18,769 18, 769
18..TAMBUWAL 53,703 14,746
19 KEBBE. 23, 243 6, 913
20 WAMAKKO 41, 863 13,284
21 GADA 38, 547 13, 654
22 YABO 18, 361 8, 429
23 ILLELA 30, 926 13, 175
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