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1 ABIA 1,396,162 1,177,520 2 ADAMAWA 1,559,012 1,381,571 3 AKWA-IBOM 1,680,759 1,587,566 4 ANAMBRA 1,963,173 1,658,967 5 BAUCHI 2,054,125 1,778,380 6 BAYELSA 610,373 546,372 7 BENUE 2,015,452 1,607,800 8 BORNO 1,934,079 1,407,777 9 CROSS RIVER 1,175,623 963,929 10 DELTA 2,275,264 1,921,627 11 EBONYI 1,074,273 848,392 12 EDO 1,779,738 1,218,734 13 EKITI 732,021 511,790 14 ENUGU 1,429,221 1,223,606 15 FCT 881,472 569,109 16 GOMBE 1,120,023 1,069,635 17 IMO 1,803,030 1,707,449 18 JIGAWA 1,831,276 1,756,320 19 KADUNA 3,407,222 3,174,519 20 KANO 4,975,701 4,112,039 21 KATSINA 2,827,943 2,620,096 22 KEBBI 1,470,648 1,372,630 23 KOGI 1,350,883 926,013 24 KWARA 1,142,267 884,996 25 LAGOS 5,822,207 3,767,647 26 NASARAWA 1,242,667 1,048,053 27 NIGER 2,014,317 1,682,058 28 OGUN 1,829,534 904,647 29 ONDO 1,524,655 1,110,844 30 OSUN 1,407,107 1,030,051 31 OYO 2,415,566 1,639,967 32 PLATEAU 2,001,825 1,508,585 33 RIVERS 2,537,590 2,127,837 34 SOKOTO 1,611,929 1,527,004 35 TARABA 1,340,652 1,270,889 36 YOBE 1,099,970 824,401 37 ZAMFARA 1,495,717 1,435,452 Total 68,833,476 55,904,272
I have been looking at the possible case scenario that can happen at the coming Presidential election next week based on the available data released by INEC as at 12th March 2015. In all, 55,904,272 registered voters have collected their PVCs and let's look at some possibilities: Lets take 80% voters' turnout across board which means we will take available figures as absolute voters per state although i foresee high, moderate and fair turn out across the states.
First : States according to the strength of each candidate - This is a general knowledge that ether candidates of PDP and the APC has their traditional states where they are strong and will capture at least 75% of votes cast.
JONATHAN 1. ABIA-1, 177,520 2. ENUGU-1,223,606 3. ANAMBRA -1,658,967 4. EBONYI - 848,392 5. IMO -1,707,449 6. RIVERS - 2,127,837 7. CROSS RIVER- 963,929 8. AKWA IBOM-1,587,566 9. BAYELSA-546,372 10. DELTA- 1,921627 11. BENUE- 1,607,800 12. 1,508,585 TOTAL - 16,879,650
BUHARI 1. SOKOTO-1,527,004 2. ZAMFARA- 1,435,452 3. KEBBI - 1,372,630 4. KATSINA- 2,620,096 5. NIGER- 1,682,058 6. KADUNA- 3,174,519 7. JIGAWA- 1,756,320 8. YOBE - 824,401 9. BORNO - 1,407,777 10. ADAMAWA- 1,381,571 11. BAUCHI-1,778,380 12. GOMBE - 1,069,635 13. NASARAWA-1,048,053 14. KANO- 4,112,039 15. KWARA - 884,996 TOTAL -26,074,931
SOME SOUTHWEST STATES 1. LAGOS - 3,767,647 2. OGUN - 904,647 3. OSUN - 1,030,051 4. OYO- 1,639,967 TOTAL - 7,342,312
SWING STATES 1. EDO -1,218,734 2. EKITI - 511,790 3. ONDO - 1,110,844 4. TARABA - 1,270,889 5. FCT - 569,109 6. KOGI - 926,013 TOTAL - 5,607,379
I have grouped these states according to the strength of each candidate. Now, many people will argue on these swing states but believe me both candidates have their strengths and weaknesses there which may compensate for each other. I will freeze some political factors and look at scenarios with these figures to see some possibilities. 1. if equal turn out is achieved across all states and voters vote according to strength of each candidate AND LETS SAY THE SWING STATES ARE SHARED 50% each include some southwest states as indicated above:
JONATHAN WINS = 16,879,650 + 3,671,156+2,803,689.5 = 23,354,495.5 BUHARI WINS = 26,074,931+3,671,156+2,803,689.5 = 32,549,776.5 VERDICT : BUHARI WINS outrightly
2. Supposing Jonathan has 25% of votes cast in Buhari's strong holds and Buhari has 10% in Jonathan's strongholds while Buhari wins 60% in some Southwest states and both share swing states 50-50 :
JONATHAN WINS =6,518,732.75+15,191, 685+2,936,934.8+2,803,689.5 = 27,451,042.05 BUHARI WINS = 19,556,198.25+1,687,965.5+4,405,387.2+2,803,689.5 = 28,453,240.45 BUHARI WINS by slim margin
3. Supposing Buhari wins 85% of votes cast in his strong areas, Jonathan win 90% in his own, Jonathan win majority in swing states say 60% and BUHARI wins 70% in some southwest states : JONATHAN WINS = 3,911,239.65+15,191,685+3,364,427.4+2,202,693.6 = 24,670,045.65 BUHARI WINS = 31,234,226.35
A whole lots of scenario modeling can be done by you but realistically. If based on factors that can influence this election we can give 1. Buhari strong areas = between 80-90% of votes cast 2. Jonathan strong areas returning between 75-90% votes cast 3. Buhari wins at least 50% in some southwest states(realistically, he wont get less than 60%) of all votes cast 4. Jonathan and Buhari share swing states 50-50( Note, its not certain if Fayose's influence in Ekiti will matter, if it does, Jonathan wins but the total voting population is not sufficient to upturn results as Buhari is popular in Kogi and Taraba)
Low registration and PVC collection is not good for GEJ as pattern revealed Northerners can always endure long hours to vote unlike in the south where many wont do such thing. Another factor is Lagos. THERE IS A STRONG INDICATION THAT OVER A MILLION PEOPLE MAY NOT VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS 1. Some of registered voter actually registered close to their places of work and this affect a huge population of those that dwell in the outskirt towns of Ogun state 2. This is similarly going to affect alot of Igbo voters that registered close to their shops if they live far away means they wont be able to also vote. 3. Many Lagosians may not just vote anticipating violence or just indifference, sitting at home and watching television, this is where those who mobilized for registration in 2011 will likely have more votes. Let me stop and read comments |