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Independent AfricaAtiku, PDP declared winners at Bauchi, defeat APC, Tinubu INEC

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Atiku, PDP declared winners at Bauchi, defeat APC, Tinubu INEC

The results of the presidential elections in Bauchi state have been announced, with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winning.

Prof. Abulkarim Sabo Mohammed, the state’s presidential returning officer from Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa State, made the announcement on Monday night at the Mahmud Yakubu Conference Hall, Bauchi State’s INEC office.

The Retuning officer declared that after collating results from the 20 LGAs of the state, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the Presidential election in Bauchi after polling a total of 426,607 votes.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its gubernatorial candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu polled a total of 316,694 while the NNPP and its candidate polled a total of 72,103 just as the LP and its candidate polled a total of 27,373 votes.

He gave the total of Registered voters in the state as 2,749,268; accredited voters: for the Election was 899,769 while the total valid votes was 853,516, rejected votes were 29,030 and total votes cast 882,546.

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