The president eletct, contesting the office for the fourth time,
polled 15,424,921 votes against incumbent President Goodluck
Jonathan, of the Peoples democratic Party to clinch the presidential
seat.
Jonathan scored 12,853,162 votes.
Buhari, a Head of State between 1984 and August 1985, won the contest
in 21 states of the federation, leaving Jonathan with victories in 15
states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The General won the election in 16 northern states and five south
western states while Jonathan won the poll in three northern states,
the FCT and 12 South-South and South-East states.
Kano state had the highest votes, where Buhari scored 1,903,999 votes
while Jonathan recorded his biggest victory in a controversial
election in Rivers, garnering 1,487,075 votes in the state, where a
large scale protest had attempted to stop the huge vote.
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