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Governor Badaru wins Jigawa governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the governorship election.

Declaring the result, the returning officer of the governorship election, Prof. Azubike Sunny Nwanko, Provost, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna announced Muhammad Badaru as the winner with the total of 810,933 votes.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Ibrahim Ringim scored 288,356 and while the Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Bashir Adamu Jumbo scored 32894 votes.

He explained that out of 2109477 registered voters, 1169925 were accredited and the total of 1163206 votes were casted, while 24152 votes were rejected votes.

Below is the result.

Gagarawa LG APC 15,565 PDP 8,411

Auyo LG APC 27,771 PDP 7,879

Kazaure LG APC 22,074 PDP 3,216

Taura LG APC 32,735 PDP 11,417

Hadejia LG APC 27,242 PDP 4,399

Miga LG APC 22,746 PDP 9,269

Jahun LG APC 41,937 PDP 16,119

Garki LG APC 33674 PDP 15,147

Malam Madori LG APC 27,616 PDP 7,397

Kaugama LG APC 26,025 PDP 7,382

Sule Tankarkar LG APC 32,154 PDP 12,543

Dutse LG APC 43,165 PDP 15,108

Babura LG APC 43,601 PDP 7,131

Kiyawa LG APC 36255 PDP 12,866

Kiri kasamma LG APC 26,388 PDP 9,333

Yankwashi LG APC 11,880 PDP 5,677

Ringim LG APC 41,481 PDP 28,035

Roni LG APC 19,516 PDP 5,013

Gwaram LG APC 58,210 PDP 12,227

Birniwa LG APC 24,993 PDP 12,227

Kafin Hausa LG APC 38,989 PDP 10,133

Birnin Kudu LG APC 48,401 PDP 22,777

Maigatari LG APC 26,123 PDP 12,494

Buji LG APC 21,406 PDP 9,389

Guri LG APC 20,953 PDP 7,389

Gwiwa LG APC 24,953 PDP 7746

Gumel LG APC 15,800 PDP 5,298

The two major candidates were in similer battle in 2015 and Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar got 648,046 votes against Aminu Ringim who scored 479,447 votes.

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