2023 Presidential Election Results: Full List of States Labour Party's Peter Obi Won
FCT, Abuja - The 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been concluded, with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, declared the winner.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared Tinubu the winner in the early hours of Wednesday, March 1.
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Professor Yakubu announced that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 to defeat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6,984,520 and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who scored 6,101,533.
Though the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi lost the election, he won the majority of votes in 12 states (11 and the FCT).
Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, also won 12.
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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) also won 12 while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) won only one state: Kano.
2023 Presidential Election: How Many States Did Peter Obi Win
Below is the list of state Peter Obi won:
- Lagos state
- Enugu state
- Nasarawa state
- Ebonyi state
- Abia state
- Delta state
- Anambra state
- Plateau state
- FCT
- Edo state
- Cross River state
- Imo state
2023 presidency: Peter Obi finally reveals what he will do after losing to Tinubu
In another report, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will seek redress in court.
Obi spoke after the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect.
Reacting to the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Obi said he would contest Tinubu’s victory through legal and peaceful means.
2023 presidency: Atiku begins move to stop Tinubu's victory
Similarly, Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded presidential election, has decided to challenge the results of the poll.
In a statement on Wednesday, March 1, a spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee, Dino Melaye, said the party will not relent in its decision to retrieve its mandate that was allegedly stolen.
Describing the victory of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a grave injustice which will not stand, Melaye called on Nigerians and supporters of the PDP not to be perturbed over recent developments associated with the last general polls.
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