Overview
Where the votes are, and who holds the ground
Days to poll
160
Principal
Not set
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Registered voters
4,335,208
2023 register
Polling units
5,102
after 2021 expansion
Wards
255
16 LGAs
Votes cast 2023
1,526,214
governorship
Turnout 2023
35.2%
state-wide
LGAs for half the vote
8
of 16 — 52% cumulative
Allocation gap
Vote share minus ward share, 2023 resultKaduna Central
81 wards · 557k votes
+4.7pt
Kaduna North
87 wards · 555k votes
+2.3pt
Kaduna South
87 wards · 414k votes
-7.0pt
Kaduna South holds 43% of the wards and casts 27% of the votes. Per-ward resourcing over-serves it by 16 points and starves Ilorin.
Ward control
255 wards37.6%
Mean control
Held67
Contested95
Exposed93
No structure0
26%
37%
36%
Wards at stake
220
Stalled 14d+
153
Votes cast by LGA
2023 governorship · work down this listZaria
7.9% of state · top half
120.8k
Igabi
7.6% of state · top half
115.5k
Kaduna South
7.2% of state · top half
110.6k
Kaduna North
6.8% of state · top half
103.1k
Lere
6.3% of state · top half
95.9k
Chikun
6.0% of state · top half
91.2k
Zangon Kataf
5.5% of state · top half
83.3k
Jema'A
4.6% of state · top half
69.6k
Sabon Gari
4.5% of state
68.6k
Kachia
4.5% of state
68.2k
Soba
4.4% of state
66.4k
Kubau
4.0% of state
61.3k
Giwa
3.9% of state
58.8k
Kauru
3.6% of state
55.1k
Ikara
3.5% of state
53.2k
Makarfi
3.1% of state
47.2k
Kudan
2.7% of state
41.8k
Birnin Gwari
2.7% of state
40.6k
Kagarko
2.6% of state
40.1k
Kaura
2.5% of state
38.9k
Kajuru
2.4% of state
37.0k
Sanga
2.3% of state
34.7k
Jaba
1.6% of state
24.2k
8 of 16 LGAs carry half the votes. Ilorin West alone casts 7.9%.
Turnout by LGA
2023 · darker is higherZaria
0.0%
Igabi
0.0%
Kaduna South
0.0%
Kaduna North
0.0%
Lere
0.0%
Chikun
0.0%
Zangon Kataf
0.0%
Jema'A
0.0%
Sabon Gari
0.0%
Kachia
0.0%
Soba
0.0%
Kubau
0.0%
Giwa
0.0%
Kauru
0.0%
Ikara
0.0%
Makarfi
0.0%
Kudan
0.0%
Birnin Gwari
0.0%
Kagarko
0.0%
Kaura
0.0%
Kajuru
0.0%
Sanga
0.0%
Jaba
0.0%
State turnout was 35.2%. Edu at 38.3% against Ifelodun at 22.6% — a 16-point spread that mobilisation, not persuasion, closes.
2023 result
The baseline being defended48%
48%
APC730,002
PDP719,196
LP58,283
Others6,500
Winning margin
0.7pt
Non-voters 2023
2,808,994
the real opposition
LGAs
23
Source reconciliation
Per-LGA vs declaredAPC811,680+81678
PDP638,225-80971
Valid votes1,526,214-1
The per-LGA table does not sum exactly to the declared totals. Shown rather than adjusted. Replace with INEC form EC8D before this drives money.