Atiku Abubakar Wins 2023 Presidential Election in Kaduna and Katsina States

Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the presidential election in both Katsina and Kaduna States on February 25, 2023. In Katsina, he secured victory by a narrow margin of 6,762 votes over Bola Tinubu from the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In Katsina, Atiku received 489,045 votes, while Tinubu garnered 482,283 votes. This difference represents about 0.64% of the total valid votes, which numbered 1,058,673. Rabiu Kwankwaso from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came in third with 69,386 votes, and Peter Obi from the Labour Party (LP) finished fourth with 6,376 votes. The total number of registered voters in Katsina was 3,516,719.

In contrast, Atiku’s lead in Kaduna was much larger. He received 554,360 votes compared to Tinubu’s 399,293, giving him a lead of 155,067 votes. Obi ranked third in Kaduna with 294,494 votes, while Kwankwaso was fourth with 92,969 votes. Out of 4,335,208 registered voters in Kaduna, 1,418,046 were accredited to vote, resulting in 1,360,153 valid votes after excluding rejected ballots.

Overall, Atiku Abubakar received a total of 1,043,405 votes across both states, while Bola Tinubu had 881,576 votes. This gives Atiku a combined lead of 161,829 votes. Most of this lead came from Kaduna, where he performed significantly better than in Katsina.