By Kamsi Anayo
Gov. Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, has won the governorship election in Adamawa State.
The incumbent governor garnered 430,869 votes to beat Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 398,788.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had slated April 15th for the supplementary elections to complete the exercise after the process couldn’t be completed on March 18th.
Below is the result of the supplementary election Held on 15th of April, 2023
Registered voters 42,929
Accredited voters 16,423
AA 2
ADC 28
ADP 40
APC 6,513
APGA 16
APM 03
APP 02
LP 03
NNPP 05
NRM 35
PDP 9,337
PRP 03
SDP 05
YPP 06
ZLP 01
Total valid votes 15,999
Rejected votes 399
Total votes 16,398
Below is the grand total of the gubernatorial election after adding the supplementary poll as announced by the returning officer:
Total number of Registered voters 2,196,566
Accredited voters 876,387
AA 643
ADC 3024
ADP 2174
APC 398,788
APGA 892
APM 606
ADP 286
LP 2732
NNPP 4852
NRM 1272
PDP 430,869
PRP 1088
SDP 6870
YPP 1431
ZLP 200
Declaring the results, Prof. Muhammed, the returning officer said the “Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is returned elected.”
