Zamfara Rerun: PDP candidate wins Shinkafi state assembly seat by 32 votes
The returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara, Femi Rufus, of the Federal University, Gusau, has declared Mustapha Sadauki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Shinkafi State Assembly Constituency rerun election.
The returning officer said Mr Sadauki, having met the requirements of the law and scored the highest votes, was declared as the winner and returned elected.
The candidate defeated Usman Shinkafi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 32 votes from the first and rerun elections.
Mr Rufus said the total registered voters of the nine polling units from five wards were 6,651, out of which 5,457 were accredited for the rerun election.
The cumulative result of the first and rerun elections was announced as Registered voters, 95,646; accredited voters, 29,184; votes cast, 28,873; valid votes, 28,262; and rejected votes, 611.
He said the total votes scored by the APC candidate were 13,508 while that of the PDP was 13,540; therefore, the APC candidate was defeated by 32 votes.
(NAN)
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