President

The winning candidate must secure the majority of the vote and at least 25% of the vote in two thirds of the states.

Muhammadu Buhari

APC

15,424,921 votes

53.96%

Goodluck Jonathan

PDP

12,853,162 votes

44.96%

Adebayo Ayeni

APA

53,537 votes

0.19%

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Party popularity in each state

The table shows the % of votes won in each state. Click on a state to see detailed results.

State	APC	PDP	Others
Abia	3.43%	94.18%	2.39%
Adamawa	58.91%	39.57%	1.52%
Akwa Ibom	5.74%	93.73%	0.53%
Anambra	2.6%	95.96%	1.44%
Bauchi	91.3%	8.44%	0.26%
Benue	54.73%	44.45%	0.81%
Borno	94.35%	5.11%	0.55%
Bayelsa	1.42%	98.4%	0.18%
Cross River	6.3%	92.09%	1.62%
Delta	3.86%	95.55%	0.59%
Ebonyi	5.36%	88.94%	5.69%
Edo	41.66%	57.32%	1.02%
Ekiti	40.02%	58.69%	1.3%
Enugu	2.47%	96.48%	1.05%
Federal Capital Territory (fct)	47.72%	51.24%	1.05%
Gombe	78.43%	21.03%	0.54%
Imo	18.96%	79.55%	1.5%
Jigawa	85.39%	13.77%	0.84%
Kaduna	69.72%	29.93%	0.35%
Kebbi	83.88%	14.91%	1.2%
Kano	89.44%	10.14%	0.42%
Kogi	62.86%	35.6%	1.54%
Katsina	92.83%	6.83%	0.35%
Kwara	68.66%	30.13%	1.21%
Lagos	54.89%	43.8%	1.31%
Nasarawa	46.3%	53.46%	0.24%
Niger	80.83%	18.34%	0.83%
Ogun	57.82%	39%	3.18%
Ondo	53.45%	44.8%	1.75%
Osun	59.69%	38.89%	1.41%
Oyo	59.98%	34.42%	5.6%
Plateau	43.68%	55.95%	0.37%
Rivers	4.42%	94.99%	0.58%
Sokoto	80.54%	18.24%	1.21%
Taraba	45.08%	53.62%	1.3%
Yobe	94.19%	5.39%	0.42%
Zamfara	80.44%	19.03%	0.52%

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