The 2015 election
2015 presidential election · 28 Mar 2015
How Nigeria voted for President in 2015.
The results as INEC declared them on 31 Mar 2015, for all 14 candidates, with turnout and a state-by-state breakdown.
Where these figures come from: national totals are INEC's own declaration (official). The state-by-state figures are also INEC's own, from the same summary sheet.
INEC declared Muhammadu Buhari (APC) elected, with 15,424,921 of 28,587,564 valid votes (54.0%).
Official. Published by a government body, such as INEC, in an official document or record.
Registered voters
67,422,005
Accredited voters
31,746,490
Valid votes
28,587,564
Rejected votes
844,519
47.1% of registered voters were accredited to vote.
Votes for every candidate
- Muhammadu Buhari APC15,424,921 54.0%
- Goodluck Ebele Jonathan PDP12,853,162 45.0%
- Ayeni Musa Adebayo APA53,537 0.2%
- Ganiyu O. Galadima ACPN40,311 0.1%
- Sam Eke CPP36,300 0.1%
- Rafiu Salau AD30,673 0.1%
- Mani Ibrahim Ahmad ADC29,666 0.1%
- Allagoa Kelvin Chinedu PPN24,475 0.1%
- Martin Onovo NCP24,455 0.1%
- Tunde Anifowose-Kelani AA22,125 0.1%
- Chekwas Okorie UPP18,220 0.1%
- Comfort Oluremi Sonaiya KOWA13,076 0.0%
- Godson Mgbodile Ohaenyem Okoye UDP9,208 0.0%
- Ambrose N. Albert Owuru HOPE7,435 0.0%
By state
Votes for the two candidates with the most votes nationally, in each of the 36 states and the FCT. The largest figure in each row is in bold. Number of states where each led: APC 21, PDP 16.
Official. Published by a government body, such as INEC, in an official document or record.
| State | APC | PDP |
|---|---|---|
| Abia | 13,394 | 368,303 |
| Adamawa | 374,701 | 251,664 |
| Akwa Ibom | 58,411 | 953,304 |
| Anambra | 17,926 | 660,762 |
| Bauchi | 931,598 | 86,085 |
| Bayelsa | 5,194 | 361,209 |
| Benue | 373,961 | 303,737 |
| Borno | 473,543 | 25,640 |
| Cross River | 28,368 | 414,863 |
| Delta | 48,910 | 1,211,405 |
| Ebonyi | 19,518 | 323,653 |
| Edo | 208,469 | 286,869 |
| Ekiti | 120,331 | 176,466 |
| Enugu | 14,157 | 553,003 |
| FCT | 146,399 | 157,195 |
| Gombe | 361,245 | 96,873 |
| Imo | 133,253 | 559,185 |
| Jigawa | 885,988 | 142,904 |
| Kaduna | 1,127,760 | 484,085 |
| Kano | 1,903,999 | 215,779 |
| Katsina | 1,345,441 | 98,937 |
| Kebbi | 567,883 | 100,972 |
| Kogi | 264,851 | 149,987 |
| Kwara | 302,146 | 132,602 |
| Lagos | 792,460 | 632,327 |
| Nasarawa | 236,838 | 273,460 |
| Niger | 657,678 | 149,222 |
| Ogun | 308,290 | 207,950 |
| Ondo | 299,889 | 251,368 |
| Osun | 383,603 | 249,929 |
| Oyo | 528,620 | 303,376 |
| Plateau | 429,140 | 549,615 |
| Rivers | 69,238 | 1,487,075 |
| Sokoto | 671,926 | 152,199 |
| Taraba | 261,326 | 310,800 |
| Yobe | 446,265 | 25,526 |
| Zamfara | 612,202 | 144,833 |
Results are as declared by INEC. OpenPolls does not adjust them.
Source: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)