Tuesday, 31 March 2015

INEC Officially Declares Buhari 2015 Presidential Election Winner

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, defeating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan. The announcement was made by the Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, after the completion of the collation and announcement of results from across Nigeria, which started at the collation centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Monday and ended on Tuesday, March 31. After the announcement of votes received by all 14 candidates, the INEC Chairman received the results from the 36 states plus the FCT and proceeded with computation and tallying, a process which ran into the early hours of Wednesday, April 1. General Muhammadu Buhari of the APC polled a total of:
15,424,921 votes to defeat all other candidates, with Dr Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP polling a total of: 
12,853,162 votes to place second. 

Professor Jega went on to declare the APC presidential candidate as the winner of the presidential election and was returned elected “having satisfied the requirements of the law and scoring the highest numbers of votes”. 

Muhammadu Buhari, born December 17, 1942, is a retired Major-General of the Nigerian Army. He was Head of State of Nigeria from December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. He had contested unsuccessfully for the office of President in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the Presidential Candidate of the APC, for the 2015 elections. A native of Daura in Katsina State, north west Nigeria,  Gen. Buhari is of the Fulani ethnic background. He is a Muslim of the Sunni Islam.

2015 PRESIDENTIAL POLL: Five reasons why Jonathan lost the election

Nigerians are so used to the idea that an incumbent should win presidential elections that President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to beat Gen Muhammadu Buhari needs some explaining. Here are five reasons why the opposition won: 

1: Harder to rig Past elections have been marred by serious irregularities and suspicions of rigging. In 2007 observers said the presidential poll was not “credible”. In 2011 the vote was considered to be better run but observers said that rigging and fraud still took place. This time the electoral commission took more steps to prevent rigging, including new biometric voters cards. Also President Jonathan’s party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had lost control of some key states which meant it could not control the electoral process there. 

2: Boko Haram and security The election took place against the background of an Islamist insurgency in the north-east of the country. The Boko Haram militant group has killed 20,000 people and forced some three million others from their homes and President Jonathan was criticised for not getting to grips with this. The poll was delayed for six weeks to give time for the security situation to improve, but even though most areas controlled by Boko Haram were recaptured, it seems to have come too late for many people. 

3: United opposition, crumbling PDP The PDP has been described as an election-winning machine. When it was created it united a northern elite with leading politicians from the south, but that alliance has broken up and the party lost some key figures. Even former President Olusegun Obasanjo came out against Mr Jonathan. At the same time, the opposition managed to unite under the All Progressives Congress (APC) banner. The last six weeks of desperate and dirty campaigning, in which the APC responded in kind, was not enough to turn the tide. 

4: Economy Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and its largest economy, but many fail to feel the benefits with nearly half the population living below the poverty line. Continued corruption is seen as partly being to blame. National income is due to grow by more than 5% this year and next year, but people did not seem in the mood to thank Mr Jonathan for this.


5: Time for a change APC supporters chanted “change” wherever they went and it seems to have caught the mood. The PDP has been in power since the end of military rule in 1999, and 2015 is the year that Nigerians decided that someone else should have a go at sorting things out. President-elect Buhari now has to prove he really can change things. ~BBC

2015 INEC FINAL ELECTION RESULTS ANALYSIS IN EXCEL SHEET



Excel analysis

GMB finally wins GEJ with the votes difference of 2,557,599 and also met the other electoral condition

Reminder: GEJ vows to deal with trouble makers, enjoins politicians to accept election results

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all Nigerians to come out en masse on saturday and vote for the candidate of their choices in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
In a nationwide broadcast Friday morning, President Jonathan assured Nigerians that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure the safety of Nigerians as they discharge their civic responsibilities.
President Jonathan
President Jonathan
The president warned that government will not tolerate any attempt by any individual or group to take laws in to their hands as security agencies have been directed to ensure peace before, during and after the elections.
“Let me warn, however, that as President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, I am under oath to protect the lives of all Nigerians and the security of our country at all times. I will never abdicate my responsibilities in that regard.
“Democracy allows dissent. It encourages differences and even fervent disagreements. But elections must never be mistaken for war or an opportunity to set fellow citizens against each other and tear our beloved nation apart.
“Those who may harbor any intentions of testing our will by unleashing violence during the elections in order to advance their political ambitions should think again as all necessary measures have been put in place to ensure that any persons who breach the peace or cause public disorder during or after the elections are speedily apprehended and summarily dealt with according to our laws.
“The nation’s security agencies are also fully prepared and ready to deal decisively with any group or persons who attempt to disrupt the peaceful conduct of the elections or cause any form of public disorder” he said.
According to the President, in spite of the many challenges the country has  to contend with since 1999, “our present democratic dispensation continues to endure and grow stronger in keeping with the yearnings and aspirations of our people.

“I also wish to place on record, once again, my sincere gratitude for the support you have given my administration without which the significant progress we have made in recent years would not have been possible.
“We have all worked very hard to nurture and strengthen our democratic institutions and promote the good governance practices which they were designed to deliver for the better well-being of  our people.
“I believe I can say without fear of contradiction that we all clearly cherish the democracy we now have and will never willingly give it up for any other form of governance.
“This much-cherished democracy of ours is about to be put to the test once again.
“I urge you all to troop out en-masse to peacefully perform your civic duty of voting for leaders of your choice tomorrow (today)”.
The president enjoined all Nigerians to be  conscious of the fact that the eyes of the entire world are on them and urged them to “comport ourselves in a manner that will further strengthen our democracy and consolidate our place in the comity of truly democratic nations.
“I made a commitment on assumption of office to progressively deliver freer, fairer and more credible elections in our country. In keeping with that commitment, the Federal Government has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) all necessary support to ensure that it conducts very successful elections tomorrow and on April 11.
“We have all been assured that INEC is fully ready for the elections. I believe that we can all trust that they are certainly more ready now than they may have been before security issues and other concerns necessitated a re-scheduling of the dates for the 2015 general elections.
“As an administration, we welcome the fact that millions of Nigerians who were yet to receive their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) as at February 14, and would therefore have been unfairly disenfranchised if the polls had gone ahead  on that date, have seized the opportunity of the re-scheduling to collect their cards and can now exercise their right to vote tomorrow”.
The president paid glowing tribute to the country’s “gallant Armed Forces who  have successfully stemmed the seizure of Nigerian territories in the North-East by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
“They have recaptured most of the communities and territories formerly occupied by the insurgents, making it possible for thousands of internally-displaced Nigerians to begin returning to their homes and communities.
“I heartily commend the very courageous men and women of our Armed Forces for the immense sacrifices which they continue to make in defending the nation and protecting its citizens.
President Jonathan urged  all political parties and politicians in the country to “allow the free, unfettered will of our people to be expressed without any hindrance in the coming elections in keeping with the hallowed principles and tenets of democratic governance which we all profess.
“The will of the people freely expressed through the ballot is the bedrock of all democracies and ours cannot be an exception.
“Let us all therefore be prepared, as true democrats, to graciously accept the outcome of the elections as the rightful choice of our people from whom all political powers in our democracy must emanate” he said.
the president emphasised that today’s election is “another very important milestone as we continue our march towards the fulfillment of our God-given potential for greatness.
“The election offers us another opportunity to empower leaders of our choice once again, and to show the world that genuine democracy is alive and well in our beloved nation”.
He reiterated his belief that ” no political ambition can justify violence or the shedding of the blood of our people.
“I reaffirm once again, my personal preparedness to ensure fair play during the elections and to deploy the resources and institutions of state only in the manner prescribed by our laws.
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2015 Unofficial INEC election Results as at 3:30pm today










UNOFFICIAL INEC RESULTS
No State                            Buhari (APC)        Jonathan (PDP)
1 Abia 13,394 368,303
2 Adamawa State    374,701 251,664
3 Akwa Ibom 58,411 953,304
4 Anambra 17,926 660,762
5 Bauchi State          931,598 86,085
6 Bayelsa 5,195 361,209
7 Benue 373,961 303,737
8 Borno State            
9 Cross River 28,368 414,863
10 Delta State              
11 Ebonyi State            19,518 323,653
12 Edo State                 
13 Ekiti State                120,331 176,466
14 Enugu State             14,157      553,003
15 FCT                             146,399 157,195
16 Gombe State            361,246 96,873
17 Imo State                   133,253 559,185
18 Jigawa State            885,988 142,904
19 Kaduna State          1,127,760 484,085
20 Kano State               1,903,999 215,779
21 Katsina State         1,345,441 98,937
22 Kebbi 567,883 100,972
23 Kogi State                264,851 149,987
24 Kwara State            302,145 132,602
25 Lagos State              792,460 632,327
26 Nasarawa State     236,838 273,460
27 Niger State              657,678 149,222
28 Ogun State               308,290 207,950
29 Ondo State               299,889 251,368
30 Osun State             383,603 249,929
31 Oyo State                 528,620 303,376
32 Plateau State  429,140 549,619
33 Rivers 69,238 1,487,075
34 Sokoto State   
35 Taraba
36 Yobe  446,265 25,526
37 Zamfara 612,202 144,833
TOTAL 13,746,591 10,866,253






Difference  2,880,338

2015 Unofficial INEC election Results as at 3:15pm today

Keep checking the page to get the final results



UNOFFICIAL INEC RESULTS
No State                            Buhari (APC)        Jonathan (PDP)
1 Abia 13,394 368,303
2 Adamawa State    374,701 251,664
3 Akwa Ibom 58,411 953,304
4 Anambra 17,926 660,762
5 Bauchi State          931,598 86,085
6 Bayelsa 5,195 361,209
7 Benue 373,961 303,737
8 Borno State            
9 Cross River 28,368 414,863
10 Delta State              
11 Ebonyi State            19,518 323,653
12 Edo State                 
13 Ekiti State                120,331 176,466
14 Enugu State             14,157      553,003
15 FCT                             146,399 157,195
16 Gombe State            361,246 96,873
17 Imo State                   133,253 559,185
18 Jigawa State            885,988 142,904
19 Kaduna State          1,127,760 484,085
20 Kano State               1,903,999 215,779
21 Katsina State         1,345,441 98,937
22 Kebbi 567,883 100,972
23 Kogi State                264,851 149,987
24 Kwara State            302,145 132,602
25 Lagos State              792,460 632,327
26 Nasarawa State     236,838 273,460
27 Niger State              657,678 149,222
28 Ogun State               308,290 207,950
29 Ondo State               299,889 251,368
30 Osun State             383,603 249,929
31 Oyo State                 528,620 303,376
32 Plateau State  429,140 549,619
33 Rivers 69,238 1,487,075
34 Sokoto State   
35 Taraba
36 Yobe 
37 Zamfara 612,202 144,833
TOTAL 13,300,326 10,840,727






Difference  2,459,599