Friday, April 03, 2015

FOR THE RECORD: Map of how Buhari defeated Jonathan


I t is no longer news that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC  has defeated the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to emerge the president-elect of Nigeria.

Here is a map showing how Buhari won the March 28 Presidential election.


Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential election by 2.57 million votes, according to official results announced on Wednesday.

The 72-year-old won 15,424,921 votes or 53.95 percent of the 28,587,564 total valid votes cast.

His nearest rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, 57, won 12,853,162 (44.96 percent) at the election, which was held on Saturday and Sunday.


INEC chairman Attahiru Jega said: “Muhammadu Buhari, of the APC, having satisfied the requirement for the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

Note: The Green colour represents states won by Buhari while the Grey represents states won by Jonathan.




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