Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state.
He defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.
Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.
Mr Obi secured 575,524 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the APC, who scored 573,001 votes.
Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came third with 75,750 votes.
A total of 1,347,152 people were accredited for the election in Lagos, a state where Mr Tinubu has a lot of political control and influence.
S/N | LGA | APC | LP |
1 | Lagos Mainland | 20,030 | 18,698 |
2 | Lagos Island | 27,760 | 3,058 |
3 | Epe | 19,867 | 3,497 |
4 | Ikorodu | 50,353 | 28,951 |
5 | Kosofe | 36,883 | 46,554 |
6 | Eti-Osa | 15,317 | 42,388 |
7 | Ibeju-Lekki | 14,685 | 10,410 |
8 | Ikeja | 21,276 | 30,004 |
9 | Badagry | 31,903 | 10,956 |
10 | Agege | 29,568 | 13,270 |
11 | Amuwo-Odofin | 13,318 | 55,547 |
12 | Somolu | 27,879 | 28,936 |
13 | Surulere | 39,002 | 36,923 |
14 | Apapa | 15,471 | 7,566 |
15 | Mushin | 40,876 | 23,066 |
16 | Ifako Ijaiye | 30,756 | 25,437 |
17 | Ajeromi Ifelodun | 25,938 | 35,663 |
18 | Oshodi Isolo | 27,181 | 51,020 |
19 | Alimosho | 62,283 | 71,327 |
20 | Ojo | 22,655 | 32,254 |
TOTAL | 573,001 | 575,524 |
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