The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 announced that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the Saturday, March 28, 2015 presidential election.
General Buhari defeated the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by over two million votes, meeting the minimum requirements to be declared winner.
Announcing the results, Jega said: “Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, having taken results from the 36 states and the FCT, we will proceed with computation and tallying.
“National Commissioner of INEC, distinguished ladies and gentlemen we are now ready to announce the 2015 results.
“As we are all aware 14 candidates from 14 parties were fielded for the elections.”
Jega went on to announce figures for the polls as follows:
AA: 22,125,
ACPN: 40,311
AD: 30,673
ADC: 29,666
APA: 53,537
APC: 15,424,921
CPP: 36,300
HOPE: 7,435
KOWA: 13,076
NCP: 24,455
PDP: 12,853,162
PPM:24,475
UDP: 9,208
UPP:18,220
Accredited Voters: 31,756,490
Total Valid Votes: 28,587,564
Rejected Votes: 844, 519
Total: 29,432,083
