The following are the reports, state by state, of the June 12 1993 Presidential election in which Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC) were the main candidates.
The National Electoral Commission (NEC), chaired by Professor Humphrey Nwosu, declared the results in only 14 states before the regime of former military president Ibrahim Babaginda annulled the exercise. The unofficially released results go thus:
(1)-Abuja (FCT)
NRC-18,313 47.84
SDP-19,968 52.16
256,500
WINNER:-ABIOLA
(2)-Abia
NRC-151,227 58.96
SDP 105,273 41.04
334,490
WINNER:-TOFA
(3)-Adamawa
NRC-167,239 54.28
SDP-140,875 45.72 414,129
WINNER:-TOFA
(4)-Akwa Ibom
NRC-199,342 48.14 SDP-214,787 51.86 371,288
WINNER:-ABIOLA
(5)-Anambra
NRC-159,258 42.89 SDP-212,024 57.11 847,274
WINNER-ABIOLA
(6)-Bauchi
NRC- 524,836 60.73 SDP-339,339 39.27 406,132
WINNER:-TOFA
(7)-Benue
NRC-186,302 43.06 SDP-246,830 56.94
282,180
WINNER – ABIOLA
(8)-Borno
NRC-128,684 45.60 SDP-153,496 54.40 342,755
WINNER-ABIOLA
(9)-Cross River
NRC-153,452 44.77 SDP-189,303 55.23 472,278
WINNER-ABIOLA
(10)-Delta
NRC-145,001 30.70 SDP-327,277 69.30 308,979
WINNER-ABIOLA
(11)-Edo
NRC-103,572 33.52 SDP-205,407 66.48 427,190
WINNER-ABIOLA
(12)-Enugu
NRC-284,050 51.91 SDP-263,101 48.09 349,902
WINNER-TOFA
(13)-lmo
NRC-195,836 55.14 SDP-159,350 44.86 228,388
WINNER-TOFA
(14)-Jigawa
NRC-89,836 39.33
SDP-138,552 60.67 726,573
WINNER-ABIOLA
(15)-Kaduna
NRC-356,860 47.80 SDP-389,713 52.20 324,428
WINNER-ABIOLA
(16)-Kano
NRC-154,809 47.72 SDP-169,619 52.28 442,176
WINNER-ABIOLA
(17)-Katsina
NRC-271,077 61.30 SDP-171,162 38.70 286,974
WINNER-TOFA
(18)-Kebbi
NRC-144,808 67.34
SDP-70,219 32.66
488,492
WINNER-TOFA
(19)-Kogi
NRC-265,732 54.40 SDP-222,760 45.60 352,479
WINNER-TOFA
(20)-Kwara
NRC- 80,209 22.78 SDP-272,270 77.24 1,033,397
WINNER-ABIOLA
(21)-Lagos
NRC-.149,432 14.46 883,865 85.5
357,787
WINNER-ABIOLA
(22)-Niger
NRC-221,437 61.90 SDP-136,350 38.10 484,971
WINNER-TOFA
(23)-Ogun
NRC-59,246 12.22
SDP-425,725 87.78 964,018
WINNER-ABIOLA
(24)-Ondo
NRC-162,994 15.58
SDP-883,024 84.42 437,334
WINNER-ABIOLA
(25)-Osun
NRC-72,068 16.48
SDP-365,266 83.52 641,799
WINNER-ABIOLA
(26)-Oyo
NRC-105,788 16.48 SDP-536,011 83.52 676,959
WINNER-ABIOLA
(27)-Plateau
NRC-259,394 38.32 SDP-417,565 61.68 1,026,824
WINNER-ABIOLA
(28)-Rivers
NRC-6408,973 63.37
SDP-370,578 36.63
469,986
WINNER-TOFA
(29)-Sokoto
NRC-372,250 79.21
SDP- 97,726 20.79 469,986
WINNER-TOFA
(30)-Taraba☆
NRC-64,001 38.58
SDP-101,887 61.42 176,054
WINNER-ABIOLA
(31)-Yobe
NRC- 64,061 38.41
SDP-11,887 63.59
38,281
WINNER-ABIOLA
According to unofficial results, Tofa got a total of 5,952,087 (41.64%) of votes nationwide while Abiola, running on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), scored 8,341,309 (58.36%).
The total vote cast was 14,293,396. Abiola won 19 of the 30 states and in the FCT, leaving Tofa with 11 states.
Source: The Cable. [myad]
