The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, President Goodlcuk Jonathan defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, General Muhammadu Buhari in the Saturday, March 28, 2015 presidential election held in Akwa Ibom State.
According to the Returning Officer, Professor Ekpoke, who spoke at the INEC Conference Center in Uyo, the figures for the election are as follows:
Total number of registered voters in the state as 1,644,481
Accredited voters – 1,074,070.
Valid Votes – 1,027,064
Void votes – 11,487
Political parties and the votes cast were given as:
AA – 1,600
AD – 443
ACPN- 474
ADC- 608
APA- 384
APC- 58,411
CPP- 412
HDP- 194
KOWA- 160
NCP- 381
PDP- 953,304
PDM-327
UDP- 224
UPP-144.
