#NigeriaDecides: How Nigerians voted for APC, PDP in 2019 presidential election
The 2019 presidential election has finally come to an end and the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second term. He was declared winner after polling almost four million more votes against his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar.
Beyond the reported flashes of violence and irregularities in some polling units across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission has endorsed the outcome of the election and President Buhari has been officially validated as he receives his certificate of return today.
Neusroom takes a closer look at how Nigerians voted for the two leading political parties, APC and PDP in various states to achieve the declared result.
Right from the beginning of the collation of the election result, Buhari opened up with a lead against Atiku by winning Ekiti state, which was won by PDP in 2015. He sustained the lead throughout the election.
In the end, Atiku won 17 states and the FCT (18 in total) with a combined vote of 11,262,978, while Buhari cleared up 19 states with overall score of 15,191,847.
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers by state in alphabetical order.
| STATE | APC | PDP | WINNER | |
| 1 | ABIA | 85,058 | 219,698 | PDP |
| 2 | ADAMAWA | 378,078 | 410,266 | PDP |
| 3 | AKWA IBOM | 175,429 | 395,832 | PDP |
| 4 | ANAMBRA | 33,298 | 524,738 | PDP |
| 5 | BAUCHI | 798,428 | 209,313 | APC |
| 6 | BAYELSA | 118,821 | 197,933 | PDP |
| 7 | BENUE | 347,668 | 356,817 | PDP |
| 8 | BORNO | 836,496 | 71,788 | APC |
| 9 | CROSS RIVER | 117,302 | 295,737 | PDP |
| 10 | DELTA | 221,292 | 594,068 | PDP |
| 11 | EBONYI | 90,726 | 258,573 | PDP |
| 12 | EDO | 267,842 | 275,691 | PDP |
| 13 | EKITI | 219,231 | 154,032 | APC |
| 14 | ENUGU | 54,423 | 355,553 | PDP |
| 15 | FCT | 152,224 | 259,997 | PDP |
| 16 | GOMBE | 402,961 | 138,484 | APC |
| 17 | IMO | 140,463 | 334,923 | PDP |
| 18 | JIGAWA | 794,738 | 289,895 | APC |
| 19 | KADUNA | 993,445 | 649,612 | APC |
| 20 | KANO | 1,464,768 | 391,593 | APC |
| 21 | KATSINA | 1,232,133 | 308,056 | APC |
| 22 | KEBBI | 581,552 | 154,282 | APC |
| 23 | KOGI | 285,894 | 218,207 | APC |
| 24 | KWARA | 308,984 | 138,184 | APC |
| 25 | LAGOS | 580,825 | 448,015 | APC |
| 26 | NASARAWA | 289,903 | 283,847 | APC |
| 27 | NIGER | 612,371 | 218,052 | APC |
| 28 | OGUN | 281,762 | 194,665 | APC |
| 29 | ONDO | 241,769 | 275,901 | PDP |
| 30 | OSUN | 347,634 | 337,377 | APC |
| 31 | OYO | 365,229 | 366,690 | PDP |
| 32 | PLATEAU | 465,555 | 548,665 | PDP |
| 33 | RIVERS | 150,710 | 473,971 | PDP |
| 34 | SOKOTO | 490,333 | 361,604 | APC |
| 35 | TARABA | 324,906 | 374,743 | PDP |
| 36 | YOBE | 497,914 | 50,763 | APC |
| 37 | ZAMFARA | 438,682 | 125,423 | APC |
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TOTAL |
15,191,847 |
11,262,978 |
APC |
