Confirmed 2019 Election Result: Atiku defeats Buhari in Taraba
February 26, 2019
Atiku Abubakar has been declared winner of the presidential poll in Taraba State.
He edged President Muhammadu Buhari by polling a total of 374,743 votes to the latter’s 324,906 votes.
A total of 1,777,105 voters were registered in the state while a total of 756,111 voters were accredited.
The total number of votes cast is 741,564 while the total number of valid votes is 712,877. Rejected votes totalled 28,687.
Atiku has now won 13 states while Buhari has won 15 of the 28 states (including the FCT) that have been announced so far.
The collation of election results is currently ongoing in Abuja.