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Stateconcluded18 March 2023

2023 Kwara State Governorship Election

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (APC) was declared winner of the 18 March 2023 Kwara State governorship election with 273,424 votes, ahead of Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi (PDP, 155,490) and Hakeem Lawal (SDP, 18,922). No governorship petition outcome was found in the sources consulted.

Governor, Kwara·14 candidates · 1.7M registered

Election concluded. Certified results below.

Real ballots are organised by INEC at polling units. The platform shows the official tally as it comes in, and tracks where citizens stand via a parallel poll.

Certified result · INEC

Sourced from INEC. Updates as official numbers are declared.

Votes counted

447.8k

Winning share

61.1%

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

APC · AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

273.4k

Results by unit · 16 entered

Each figure says what has happened to it. Reported is not checked, and checked is not declared.

The headline and the LGA figures disagree.

  • AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq: headline 273.4k, checked and declared units sum to 273.5k. Gap -27.

Shown rather than hidden: two independently entered numbers that should agree, and do not yet.

LGALeadingVotes castStatusSource
AsaAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC26.1kDeclared
BarutenAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC36.0kDeclared
EduAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC39.9kDeclared
EkitiAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC11.1kDeclared
IfelodunAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC26.7kDeclared
Ilorin EastAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC38.4kDeclared
Ilorin SouthAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC32.2kDeclared
Ilorin WestAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC78.8kDeclared
IrepodunAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC20.5kDeclared
IsinAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC8.7kDeclared
KaiamaAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC20.7kDeclared
MoroAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC22.0kDeclared
OffaAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC21.4kDeclared
Oke EroAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC11.5kDeclared
OyunAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC14.5kDeclared
PategiAbdulRahman AbdulRazaqAPC20.4kDeclared

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Platform poll · where citizens stand

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Timeline
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    Election day

    18 Mar 2023

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Sources