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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Gombe State.
The Returning Officer for the state and Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Gashua, Prof. Maimuna Waziri, who announced the results in the early hours of Monday, said Atiku polled 319,123 votes to defeat All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who got 146,977.
See breakdown of results below:
Total Registered voters: 1,549,243
Total Accredited Voters: 542,997
Total votes casts: 533,778
Valid votes: 510,043
Rejected votes: 23,735
A 284
AA 296
AAC 158
ADC 1,446
ADP 765
APC 146,977
APGA 558
APM 348
APP 208
BP 210
LP 26,160
NNPP 10,520
NRM 1,061
PDP 319,123
PRP 384
SDP 137
YPP 439
ZLP 969