{"id":252076,"date":"2023-02-27T23:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=252076"},"modified":"2023-02-27T23:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:05:51","slug":"nigeriadecides2023-kwankwaso-wins-kano-with-almost-one-million-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/nigeriadecides2023-kwankwaso-wins-kano-with-almost-one-million-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"NigeriaDecides2023: Kwankwaso wins Kano with almost one million votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has won the presidential election in Kano State.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/26\/nigeriaelections2023-kwankwaso-leads-atiku-tinubu-with-over-40000-votes-in-kano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kwankwaso<\/a> won in 38 of the 44 local government areas in Kano with a total of 997,279 votes.<\/p>\n<p>His closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), won in the remaining six local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar came a distant third but won in no local governments.<\/p>\n<p>The INEC collation officer for the presidential election in Kano, Lawal Suleiman, announced that Mr Kwankwaso scored 997,279 of the total votes cast to beat Mr Tinubu who polled 517,341 votes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official, the candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, scored 131,716 votes while the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, got 28,513 votes to come fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Kano has 5,792,448 registered voters, out of which 1,769,9525 voters were accredited for the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The result showed that the total votes cast was 1,746,410, out of which 44,405 votes were rejected. Valid votes were 1,702,005<\/p>\n<p>Below is the result from the 44 Local Government Areas of the state declared by INEC<\/p>\n<p>1. Kunchi Local Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10,359<br \/>\nLP 50<br \/>\nNNPP 8090<br \/>\nPDP 703<\/p>\n<p>2. Rogo Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10, 403<br \/>\nLP 343<br \/>\nNNPP 19,587<br \/>\nPDP 1616<\/p>\n<p>3. Dawakin Tofa Local Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 16,773<br \/>\nLP 2020<br \/>\nNNPP 25072<br \/>\nPDP 2477<\/p>\n<p>NAHCON State AD NAHCON Tour Operator AD NAHCON Cargo Operator AD<br \/>\nKogi AD<\/p>\n<p>Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)<br \/>\n4. Karaye Local Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10, 874<br \/>\nLP 134<br \/>\nNNPP 16,295<br \/>\nPDP 2,132<\/p>\n<p>5. Tofa Local Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10,280<br \/>\nNNPP 17,219<br \/>\nPDP 1,192<\/p>\n<p>6.Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 11,341<br \/>\nLP 1,106<br \/>\nNNPP 24,367<br \/>\nPDP 1,553<\/p>\n<p>7.Warawa Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10352<br \/>\nLP 125<br \/>\nNNPP 12708<br \/>\nPDP 1277<\/p>\n<p>8.Bunkure Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 11161<br \/>\nLP 76<br \/>\nNNPP 16759<\/p>\n<p>PDP 1528<\/p>\n<p>9. Bebeji local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 12616<br \/>\nLP 239<br \/>\nNNPP 22242<br \/>\nPDP 1475<\/p>\n<p>10. Rano local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 11268<br \/>\nLP 115<br \/>\nNNPP 16286<br \/>\nPDP 1898<\/p>\n<p>11. Ajingi local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 7066<br \/>\nLP 182<br \/>\nNNPP 16798<br \/>\nPDP 1540<\/p>\n<p>12. Albasu local government area, kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 9618<br \/>\nLP 34<br \/>\nNNPP 19161<br \/>\nPDP 2350<\/p>\n<p>13: Wudil local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10279<br \/>\nLP 380<br \/>\nNNPP 22517<br \/>\nPDP 2785<\/p>\n<p>14: Gaya local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 8708<br \/>\nLP 158<br \/>\nNNPP 18,999<br \/>\nPDP 1382<\/p>\n<p>15. Ungoggo Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 8011<br \/>\nLP 334<br \/>\nNNPP 34916<br \/>\nPDP 4659<\/p>\n<p>16: Bichi Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 31673<br \/>\nLP 178<br \/>\nNNPP 20862<br \/>\nPDP 1371<\/p>\n<p>17. Kiru local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 19,155<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 112<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 27,199<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,467<\/p>\n<p>18: Garko Local Government Area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 8,485<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 313<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 15,889<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,067<\/p>\n<p>19. Gwarzo Local Government Area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 20,627<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 70<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 19,950<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,125<\/p>\n<p>20. Kabo Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 18,767<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 79<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 15,923<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,463<\/p>\n<p>21. Shanono Local Government Area, Kano State<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 11,557<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 44<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 9,672<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,703<\/p>\n<p>22. Tudun Wada local government area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 18,017<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 1,053<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 23,041<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,965<\/p>\n<p>23. Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 6,721<\/p>\n<p>LP \u2013 815<\/p>\n<p>NNPP \u2013 44,474<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 5,996<\/p>\n<p>24. Garun malam local government area, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 8,642<br \/>\nLp 160<br \/>\nNNPP 12,249<br \/>\nPDP 4409<\/p>\n<p>25. Makoda Local Government Area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC 12,590<br \/>\nLP 40<br \/>\nNNPP 12,247<br \/>\nPDP 1,099<\/p>\n<p>26. Rimin Gado, local government area, Kano<\/p>\n<p>APC 10,861<br \/>\nLP 76<br \/>\nNNPP 14,634<br \/>\nPDP 907<\/p>\n<p>27: Kibiya Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 10,283<br \/>\nLP 70<br \/>\nNNPP 16,331<br \/>\nPDP 753<\/p>\n<p>28. Kura local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 11,992<br \/>\nLP 48<br \/>\nNNPP 13,736<br \/>\nPDP 2,191<\/p>\n<p>29. Madobi local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 12, 038<br \/>\nLP 39<br \/>\nNNPP 23,130<\/p>\n<p>PDP 2, 393<\/p>\n<p>30. Gabasawa local government, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 11,992<br \/>\nLP 48<br \/>\nNNPP 13736<br \/>\nPDP 2191<\/p>\n<p>31. Tsanyawa local government area, kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 14,052<\/p>\n<p>PDP 1,721<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 14,468<\/p>\n<p>LP 89<\/p>\n<p>32. Doguwa Local Government Area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 15, 424<\/p>\n<p>PDP 1, 408<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 14, 543<\/p>\n<p>LP 642<\/p>\n<p>33. Tarauni Local Government Area, kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 6,133<\/p>\n<p>PDP 6, 067<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 32,891<\/p>\n<p>LP 659<\/p>\n<p>34. Bagwai local government, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 14,949<\/p>\n<p>PDP 1,935<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 14,243<\/p>\n<p>35. Dawakin Kudu local government, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 12, 258<\/p>\n<p>PDP 2,099<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 32,925<\/p>\n<p>LP 167<\/p>\n<p>36. Dambatta local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 13,179<\/p>\n<p>PDP 2,099<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 15, 179<\/p>\n<p>LP 68<\/p>\n<p>37: Fagge Local Local Government Area, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 4, 060<br \/>\nLP 14, 896<br \/>\nNNPP 23,162<br \/>\nPDP 5, 416<\/p>\n<p>38. Nasarawa Local Local Government Area, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 10, 218<br \/>\nLP 3,863<br \/>\nNNPP 61,053<br \/>\nPDP 10,599<\/p>\n<p>39. Gezawa local government area, Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 9,915<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 21,909<\/p>\n<p>PDP 2,980<\/p>\n<p>LP 188<\/p>\n<p>40. Minjibir Local Government Area Kano state<\/p>\n<p>APC 6,777<\/p>\n<p>PDP 1,833<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 15,505<\/p>\n<p>LP 123<\/p>\n<p>41. Gwale Local Government Area<\/p>\n<p>APC 6950<\/p>\n<p>LP 270<\/p>\n<p>NNPP 42932<\/p>\n<p>PDP 7457<\/p>\n<p>42 Takai Local Government Area, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 13, 770<br \/>\nLP 69<br \/>\nNNPP 19,849<br \/>\nPDP 3,124<\/p>\n<p>43. Municipal Local Government, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 9,948<br \/>\nLP 267<br \/>\nNNPP 51,954<br \/>\nPDP 10,298<\/p>\n<p>44. Dala Local Government Area, Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>APC 8,262<br \/>\nLP 234<br \/>\nNNPP 55,967<br \/>\nPDP 8,548<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has won the presidential election in Kano State. Kwankwaso won in 38 of the 44 local government areas in Kano with a total of 997,279 votes. His closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), won in the remaining six local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":185875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[58052,896,5930,3995],"class_list":["post-252076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-nigeriadecides2023","tag-kano","tag-kwankwaso","tag-nnpp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NigeriaDecides2023: Kwankwaso wins Kano with almost one million votes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/nigeriadecides2023-kwankwaso-wins-kano-with-almost-one-million-votes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NigeriaDecides2023: Kwankwaso wins Kano with almost one million votes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has won the presidential election in Kano State. 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