#NigeriaDecides2023: Kwankwaso wins Kano with almost one million votes

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has won the presidential election in Kano State.

Mr 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 governments.

Atiku Abubakar came a distant third but won in no local governments.

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.

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.

Kano has 5,792,448 registered voters, out of which 1,769,9525 voters were accredited for the presidential election.

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

Below is the result from the 44 Local Government Areas of the state declared by INEC

1. Kunchi Local Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10,359
LP 50
NNPP 8090
PDP 703

2. Rogo Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10, 403
LP 343
NNPP 19,587
PDP 1616

3. Dawakin Tofa Local Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 16,773
LP 2020
NNPP 25072
PDP 2477

4. Karaye Local Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10, 874
LP 134
NNPP 16,295
PDP 2,132

5. Tofa Local Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10,280
NNPP 17,219
PDP 1,192

6.Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 11,341
LP 1,106
NNPP 24,367
PDP 1,553

7.Warawa Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10352
LP 125
NNPP 12708
PDP 1277

8.Bunkure Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 11161
LP 76
NNPP 16759

PDP 1528

9. Bebeji local government area, Kano state

APC 12616
LP 239
NNPP 22242
PDP 1475

10. Rano local government area, Kano state

APC 11268
LP 115
NNPP 16286
PDP 1898

11. Ajingi local government area, Kano state

APC 7066
LP 182
NNPP 16798
PDP 1540

12. Albasu local government area, kano state

APC 9618
LP 34
NNPP 19161
PDP 2350

13: Wudil local government area, Kano state

APC 10279
LP 380
NNPP 22517
PDP 2785

14: Gaya local government area, Kano state

APC 8708
LP 158
NNPP 18,999
PDP 1382

15. Ungoggo Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 8011
LP 334
NNPP 34916
PDP 4659

16: Bichi Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 31673
LP 178
NNPP 20862
PDP 1371

17. Kiru local government area, Kano state

APC – 19,155

LP – 112

NNPP – 27,199

PDP – 2,467

18: Garko Local Government Area, Kano

APC – 8,485

LP – 313

NNPP – 15,889

PDP – 2,067

19. Gwarzo Local Government Area, Kano

APC – 20,627

LP – 70

NNPP – 19,950

PDP – 2,125

20. Kabo Local Government Area, Kano state

APC – 18,767

LP – 79

NNPP – 15,923

PDP – 2,463

21. Shanono Local Government Area, Kano State

APC – 11,557

LP – 44

NNPP – 9,672

PDP – 1,703

22. Tudun Wada local government area, Kano

APC – 18,017

LP – 1,053

NNPP – 23,041

PDP – 1,965

23. Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano

APC – 6,721

LP – 815

NNPP – 44,474

PDP – 5,996

24. Garun malam local government area, Kano state.

APC 8,642
Lp 160
NNPP 12,249
PDP 4409

25. Makoda Local Government Area, Kano

APC 12,590
LP 40
NNPP 12,247
PDP 1,099

26. Rimin Gado, local government area, Kano

APC 10,861
LP 76
NNPP 14,634
PDP 907

27: Kibiya Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 10,283
LP 70
NNPP 16,331
PDP 753

28. Kura local government area, Kano state

APC 11,992
LP 48
NNPP 13,736
PDP 2,191

29. Madobi local government area, Kano state

APC 12, 038
LP 39
NNPP 23,130

PDP 2, 393

30. Gabasawa local government, Kano state

APC 11,992
LP 48
NNPP 13736
PDP 2191

31. Tsanyawa local government area, kano state

APC 14,052

PDP 1,721

NNPP 14,468

LP 89

32. Doguwa Local Government Area, Kano state

APC 15, 424

PDP 1, 408

NNPP 14, 543

LP 642

33. Tarauni Local Government Area, kano state

APC 6,133

PDP 6, 067

NNPP 32,891

LP 659

34. Bagwai local government, Kano state

APC 14,949

PDP 1,935

NNPP 14,243

35. Dawakin Kudu local government, Kano state

APC 12, 258

PDP 2,099

NNPP 32,925

LP 167

36. Dambatta local government area, Kano state

APC 13,179

PDP 2,099

NNPP 15, 179

LP 68

37: Fagge Local Local Government Area, Kano state.

APC 4, 060
LP 14, 896
NNPP 23,162
PDP 5, 416

38. Nasarawa Local Local Government Area, Kano state.

APC 10, 218
LP 3,863
NNPP 61,053
PDP 10,599

39. Gezawa local government area, Kano state

APC 9,915

NNPP 21,909

PDP 2,980

LP 188

40. Minjibir Local Government Area Kano state

APC 6,777

PDP 1,833

NNPP 15,505

LP 123

41. Gwale Local Government Area

APC 6950

LP 270

NNPP 42932

PDP 7457

42 Takai Local Government Area, Kano state.

APC 13, 770
LP 69
NNPP 19,849
PDP 3,124

43. Municipal Local Government, Kano state.

APC 9,948
LP 267
NNPP 51,954
PDP 10,298

44. Dala Local Government Area, Kano state.

APC 8,262
LP 234
NNPP 55,967
PDP 8,548