Total Presidential Election Results In Cross River State

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has defeated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in Cross River State.

Here are the presidential results from the eighteen local government areas in Cross River State:

State collation Officer: Engr. Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh

*Etung Local Government Area*
Total Registered Voters: 43,872
Total number of Accredited voters: 7,951

APC: 2713
LP: 2345
PDP: 2149
NNPP: 31
APGA: 18

Total valid votes: 7465
Total votes cast: 7895
Void votes: 430

*Calabar South Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 160,824
Accredited voters: 41,473
Total valid votes: 38,608

APC: 9060
LP: 24,247
PDP: 4255
NNPP: 146
APGA: 44

Total votes cast: 41,462
Rejected Votes: 2854

There were a few crises in Unit 17 which leads to the cancellation of results in that unit.

Abi Local Government Area
Total Registered voters: 63,199
Total Accredited voters: 18,384

Scores by main political parties

APC: 8011
LP: 3557
PDP: 5943
NNPP: 24
APGA: 21

Total valid votes: 17653
Total votes cast: 18,368
Total rejected votes: 595

There were over-voting cases in Adadama unit 19
Few cases of cancellation of results in ward 3. In Ediba there was over-voting.

*Akpabuyo Local Government Area*

Total number of registered voters: 65,757
Total number of accredited voters: 15,732

APC: 5970
PDP: 3950
APGA: 30
LP: 4314
NNPP: 26

Total valid votes: 14,683
Total votes cast: 15,608
Total rejected votes: 925

*Yakuur Local Government Area*

Total registered voters: 101,561
Total number of accredited voters: 29,756

APC: 9,646
PDP: 6,600
LP: 10,198
APGA: 39
NNPP: 73

Total valid votes: 27,390
Total votes cast: 29,571
Total rejected votes: 2181

There were skirmishes here and there. In unit 9 there was a report of a stolen BVAS machine.

*Odukpani Local Government Area*

Total registered voters: 68,190
Total accredited voters: 17,057

APC: 8,597
PDP: 3,911
LP: 2,704
APGA: 32
NNPP: 35

Total votes cast: 16,750
Total valid votes: 15,680
Total rejected votes: 1069

*Obubra Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 105,422
Accredited voters: 22,619

APC: 9041
APGA: 45
NNPP: 43
LP: 4488
PDP: 7097

Total valid votes: 21,175
Rejected votes: 1414
Total votes cast: 22,589

In Ozobo unit 02 elections were not held and ward 9 polling booth due to notification of over-voting.
There was a snatching BVAS machine at Iyamayong unit 003, their elections were not held in that unit.

*Bakassi Local Government Area*

Total number of Registered voters: 16,542
Total number of Accredited voters: 1165

APC: 306
APGA: 00
NNPP: 00
PDP: 266
LP: 487

Total valid votes: 1076
Rejected votes: 71
Total votes cast: 1147

In all the 10 wards election took place in only 20 polling units.
In 50 polling stations, the election did not hold. No fewer than 6023 total voters suppose to vote in that 50 polling units. Voters boycotted the election in those areas.

*Obanliku Local Government*

Registered voters: 54,536
Accredited voters: 19,159

APC: 6,565
NNPP: 21
APGA: 25
LP: 4286
PDP: 7,253

Total valid votes: 18,402
Total votes cast: 13,872
Rejected: 470

There was an incidence in a few units, Becheve ward, election materials were snatched, and elections were not held in that unit.

*Obudu Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 145,054
Accredited voters: 28,506

APC: 8,987
NNPP: 131
LP: 11,218
PDP: 5112
APGA: 35

Total valid votes: 26,188
Rejected votes: 1987
Total votes cast: 28,175

*Boki Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 112,566
Accredited voters: 29,680

APC: 10,274
APGA: 42
LP: 9,753
PDP: 7,800

Total valid votes: 28,462
Rejected votes: 912
Total votes cast: 29,374

There was a cancellation in 2 polling units as a result of the non-deployment of BVAS. BVAS was not used so they went ahead and conduct the election annually less to cancellation in these areas.

*Ikom Local Government*

Registered voters: 114,557
Accredited voters: 26,240

APC: 6,111
APGA: 59
NNPP: 183
LP: 11,626
PDP: 6,003

Total valid votes: 24,635
A rejected vote: 1746
Total votes cast: 26,381

In 2 units in Abayom, Ikom there was over-voting. Only one unit did not vote.

*Yala Local Government Area 1*

Registered voters: 187,788
Accredited: 53,180

APC: 3,972
APGA: 46
LP: 41,198
NNPP: 211
PDP: 3,506

Total valid votes: 49,760
Total rejected votes: 2,420
Total votes cast: 52,180

In ward 7, unit 017 the result there was cancelled as a result of over-voting

*Yala Local Government Area 2*

Registered voters: 129,940
Accredited voters: 44,176

APC: 15,868
APGA: 57
LP: 16,767
NNPP: 195
PDP: 8,629

Total valid votes: 42,293
Rejected votes: 1819
Total votes cast: 44,112

*Biase Local Government Area*

Total registered voters: 77,407
Total accredited voters:17,479

APC: 6,668
APGA: 28
LP: 4,,705
NNPP: 76
PDP:4,586

Total votes cast: 16,365
Rejected votes: 925
Total votes cast: 17,290

The election was cancelled in 6 polling units due to irregularities

*Ogoja Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 106,593
Accredited voters: 33,637

APC: 9226
APGA: 28
NNPP: 149
LP: 10,903
PDP: 10,026

Total valid votes: 38,878
Rejected votes: 1834
Total votes cast: 32,712

In unit 004 the election was cancelled due to no use of BVAS for the voting. In unit 006 the supervisor was not able to explain why the result shit got missing. As the result got missing so the elections were cancelled.

*Akamkpa Local Government Area*

Registered voters: 59,835
Accredited voters: 16,331

APC: 4,150
APGA: 31
LP: 7,465
NNPP: 59
PDP: 3040

Total valid votes: 15,167
Rejected votes: 1112
Total votes cast: 16,279

SUMMARY
Cross River State Presidential election result as announced by the State Collation officer, Prof.Engr. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh of the University of Science and Technology, River State.

The final result of the Presidential election in Cross River State.

Total registered voters: 1,691,642
Total accredited voters: 444,880

Total scores by each political party:

A: 425
AA: 221
AAc: 406
ADC: 2,268
ADP: 885
APC: 130,520
APGA: 618
APM: 535
APP: 252
BP: 414
LP: 179,917
NNPP: 1644
NRM: 371
PDP: 95,425
PRP: 822
SDP: 290
YPP: 422
ZLP: 153

Total valid votes: 416,968
Total rejected votes: 24,608
Total votes cast: 441,576