Dear All: Below is the (almost) final results of the PDP presidential primary of last night/this morning. Now added to the state delegates count are the ex-officio non-delegates counts, which is the only way in which the final votes announced by Chief Electoral Officer Prof. Tunde Adeniran (Jonathan 2736, Atiiku 805, Jubril 1) could have been arrived at.
Dear All: Below is the (almost) final results of the PDP presidential primary of last night/this morning. Now added to the state delegates count are the ex-officio non-delegates counts, which is the only way in which the final votes announced by Chief Electoral Officer Prof. Tunde Adeniran (Jonathan 2736, Atiiku 805, Jubril 1) could have been arrived at.
If there are further corrections, they will be made by-and-by.
Moving on.....
The results below show that Jonathan won in every geo-political zone, even in the NW where the contest was closest (Jonathan 422, Atiku 365), and certainly in Atiku's own state (Adamawa: Jonathan 76, Atiku 31) and geo-zone (NE: Jonathan 301, Atiku 155). The greatest separation was in Jonathan's home SS geo-political zone - Jonathan 615, Atiku 9. - where however the two immediate neighbors of Bayelsa state (Delta, Rivers) gave the 9 votes to Atiku. The highest single state vote was Yar'Adua's Katsina (147 votes) - a nod to Jonathan's claim to continuation of their joint mandate - but the greatest separation between the two top contestants was in Akwa Ibom (Jonathan 141 to Atiku's 0), once again indicating Governor Akpabio's dodgy "enforcer" reputation. Curiously, Anambra's total number of delegates within the SE was rather sparse - 55 out of 446 - probably indicating a lack of enthusiasm from that heart of the geo-political zone.
And by some quirky - or divine - means, we seem to know exactly how two people voted: Jibril in Kwara State for Jubril, and Omisore for Atiku in Osun State!
Kudos to Jonathan! The victory is convincing and emphatic enough (31 states + FCT to Jonathan with 77.2% of the valid votes, 5 states to Atiku with 32.8% of the valid votes), that no matter how it arose - through persuasion, zoning or anti-zoning sentiment, bribery, intimidation and/or rigging - any dissent or dissension by the opposition, personal or group, within the PDP should be measured, tempered.
Now with that decided, and with Buhari as presidential candidate for CPC, Utomi for SDMP, Momodu for NCP, Ribadu (already unanimously adopted within the past hour by ACN) and Shekarau (maybe) for ANPP - did I leave out anybody, or am I being unnecessarily presumptuous about some of the names? - let the fireworks and incadescence towards April 2011 begin!
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
Public Commentator
PDP Presidential Primary Results – January 13, 2011, Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria
|
S/N |
Geo- Zone |
State |
Jonathan |
Atiku |
Jibril |
Total |
Winner |
Comment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
SW |
Ekiti |
76 |
1 |
0 |
77 |
Jonathan |
|
|
2 |
|
Lagos |
52 |
3 |
0 |
55 |
Jonathan |
|
|
3 |
|
Ogun |
80 |
3 |
0 |
83 |
Jonathan |
|
|
4 |
|
Ondo |
69 |
6 |
0 |
75 |
Jonathan |
|
|
5 |
|
Osun |
99 |
1 |
0 |
100 |
Jonathan |
Omisore for Atiku? |
|
6 |
|
Oyo |
107 |
10 |
0 |
117 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
Total SW |
483 |
24 |
0 |
507 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
SE |
Abia |
80 |
1 |
0 |
81 |
Jonathan |
|
|
8 |
|
Anambra |
47 |
8 |
0 |
55 |
Jonathan |
|
|
9 |
|
Enugu |
89 |
9 |
0 |
98 |
Jonathan |
|
|
10 |
|
Ebonyi |
82 |
2 |
0 |
84 |
Jonathan |
|
|
11 |
|
Imo |
125 |
3 |
0 |
128 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
Total SE |
423 |
23 |
0 |
446 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
SS |
Akwa-Ibom |
141 |
0 |
0 |
141 |
Jonathan |
|
|
13 |
|
Bayelsa |
67 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
Jonathan |
|
|
14 |
|
Cross-Rivers |
105 |
0 |
0 |
105 |
Jonathan |
|
|
15 |
|
Delta |
114 |
7 |
0 |
121 |
Jonathan |
|
|
16 |
|
Edo |
60 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
Jonathan |
|
|
17 |
|
Rivers |
128 |
2 |
0 |
130 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
Total SS |
615 |
9 |
0 |
624 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
NW |
Jigawa |
100 |
17 |
0 |
117 |
Jonathan |
|
|
19 |
|
Kaduna |
82 |
41 |
0 |
123 |
Jonathan |
|
|
20 |
|
Kano |
21 |
98 |
0 |
119 |
Atiku |
|
|
21 |
|
Katsina |
147 |
11 |
0 |
158 |
Jonathan |
|
|
22 |
|
Kebbi |
33 |
44 |
0 |
77 |
Atiku |
|
|
23 |
|
Sokoto |
32 |
84 |
0 |
116 |
Atiku |
|
|
24 |
|
Zamfara |
7 |
70 |
0 |
77 |
Atiku |
|
|
|
|
Total NW |
422 |
365 |
0 |
787 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
NE |
Adamawa |
76 |
31 |
0 |
107 |
Jonathan |
|
|
26 |
|
Bauchi |
46 |
44 |
0 |
90 |
Jonathan |
|
|
27 |
|
Borno |
33 |
26 |
0 |
59 |
Jonathan |
|
|
28 |
|
Gombe |
55 |
18 |
0 |
73 |
Jonathan |
|
|
29 |
|
Taraba |
62 |
16 |
0 |
78 |
Jonathan |
|
|
30 |
|
Yobe |
29 |
20 |
0 |
49 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
Total NE |
301 |
155 |
0 |
456 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
NC |
Benue |
72 |
15 |
0 |
87 |
Jonathan |
|
|
32 |
|
Kogi |
84 |
24 |
0 |
108 |
Jonathan |
|
|
33 |
|
Kwara |
61 |
26 |
1 |
88 |
Jonathan |
Jibril for Jibril? |
|
34 |
|
Nassarawa |
53 |
8 |
0 |
61 |
Jonathan |
|
|
35 |
|
Niger |
16 |
94 |
0 |
110 |
Atiku |
|
|
36 |
|
Plateau |
70 |
5 |
0 |
75 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
Total NC |
356 |
172 |
1 |
529 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
FCT |
FCT (Abuja) |
24 |
3 |
0 |
27 |
Jonathan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total State Delegates |
2624 |
751 |
1 |
3376 |
Jonathan – 32 states
Atiku – 5 states |
|
|
|
|
Non-state (ex-officio) Delegates |
112 |
54 |
0 |
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
Announced |
2736 |
805 |
1 |
3542 |
61 Voided |
3603 Votes Cast? |
|
|
|
Needed to win |
1802 |
1802 |
1802 |
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