Thursday, January 13, 2011

Goodluck Jonathan Defeats Atiku In PDP Presidential Primary


With all presidential primary election votes countedwith last state of Kaduna results announced, and with victory two-third of the states of the federation counted and declared, Goodluck Jonathan has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election.

Jonathan defeated Abubakar Atiku with a wide margin as earlier expected and reported on Saharareporters.

According to Professor Tunde Adeniran, the returning officer, 3542 votes was cast during the primary. Goodluck Jonathan scored the highest votes by scoring 2736 votes representing 78% of the total votes cast. He was trailed by Abubakar Atiku who scored 805 votes. Mrs. Sarah Jubril scored one vote (meaning she was the only person who voted for herself throughtout the election). A total of 61 votes were voided and nullified.

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