The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Saturday’s election in Delta with 372, 776.
Prof. Seth Jaja, the Collation Officer for Delta made the declaration on Tuesday while giving a break-down of the results from the 25 local government areas of the state at the INEC National Collation Centre in Abuja.
Jaja said the PDP candidate polled 594,068 votes while All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Mohammadu Buhari scored 221,292 votes.
Jaja said the state had 2, 719, 313 registered voters, and that 891, 647 of them were accredited for the election.
According to him, the total number of valid votes were 829,762, while 52, 492 were voided. (NAN)
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