INEC declares Buhari winner of 2019 presidential election

President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won re-election after national vote tallies by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Buhari was officially declared President-Elect by INEC in the early hours of Wednesday.

From collated results of the 36 states of the federation plus the FCT, the president secured a total of 15,191,847 representing 55.6 per cent of total votes cast across the country, while also meeting the mandatory constitutional requirement of scoring at 25% of votes cast in at least two-thirds of the states of the federation.

Buhari’s closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 11,262,978 which is 41.2 per cent of the votes, while also meeting the mandatory constitutional minimum of at least 25% in two-thirds of the states.

The other political parties which presented candidates for the presidential election, about 71 in number, collectively scored 869,758, making up 3.2 per cent of votes cast.

Read also: 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION– How Nigeria Voted: BUHARI (15,191,847) – ATIKU (11,262,978)

While Buhari won a total of 19 states, Abubakar won 17 states plus the FCT.

Certificate of return for the president-elect would be presented to Buhari by 2pm on Wednesday.

The final outcome of the presidential election closely mirrors Ripples Nigeria’s electoral projection map and its national poll.

By his victory, President Buhari is set for another 4-year term lapsing in 2023.

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