Declared, Inconclusive, Not Declared – See The Status Of Each State From The 2023 Governorship Election

Governorship elections were held in 28 states of the federation on Saturday, March 18 during the 2023 general election in Nigeria.

However, the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows that while the final results of 24 states have been declared, two states are yet to be declared as the result announcement is suspended while the outcome from two other states have been declared inconclusive.

Naija News reports results from two states, Adamawa and Kebbi have been declared inconclusive, while INEC has also suspended the collation of results in two states Abia and Enugu.

For the Adamawa governorship election, the State Collation Officer, Profesor Muhammed Mele, said the election was inconclusive because the margin of win between the leading two parties was lower than the number of collected PVCs in places where the election did not hold.

Mele said elections would be conducted in the affected areas of the state.

Similarly, the Collation and Returning Officer, for Kebbi State, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu said there were cancellations in 20 of the 21 Local Government Areas.

He said INEC had no option but to refer to the Electoral Act 2022, Section 51, Sub-sections two and three for guidance.

For Abia and Enugu states, INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed on Monday that the commission after a meeting decided to review results in some parts of both states due to reported irregularities thereby suspending the collation of results in those states.

See the current status of each state below.

Abia – NOT DECLARED

Adamawa – INCONCLUSIVE

Bauchi – DECLARED

Benue – DECLARED

Borno – DECLARED

Cross River – DECLARED

Gombe – DECLARED

Jigawa – DECLARED

Kaduna – DECLARED

Katsina – DECLARED

Kebbi – INCONCLUSIVE

Kwara – DECLARED

Nasarawa – DECLARED

Niger – DECLARED

Plateau – DECLARED

Sokoto – DECLARED

Taraba – DECLARED

Yobe – DECLARED

Zamfara – DECLARED

Lagos – DECLARED

Akwa Ibom – DECLARED

Kano – DECLARED

Delta – DECLARED

Ebonyi – DECLARED

Enugu – NOT DECLARED

Ogun – DECLARED

Oyo – DECLARED

Rivers – DECLARED

For the states that have been declared, this is how the political parties stand.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won fifteen (15) states – GOMBE, JIGAWA, KATSINA, KWARA, LAGOS, OGUN, SOKOTO, YOBE, NASARAWA, NIGER, EBONYI, CROSS RIVER, BENUE, BORNO, KADUNA.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won eight (8) states –  AKWA IBOM, OYO, BAUCHI, PLATEAU, DELTA, RIVERS, TARABA, ZAMFARA.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won one (1) – KANO.