The 2023 governorship election was conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in twenty-eight states.
It was earlier reported that the electoral body announced winners from twenty-six states, while the governorship election in Kebbi and Adamawa State remains inconclusive.
Political parties like the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP) produced one or more governor-elect.
According to the declaration by INEC, APC won fifteen states, PDP won nine states, while NNPP and LP both grabbed a state.
Meanwhile, this article shows the rating of the governor-elects based on the votes recorded in their states during the governorship election.
The governorship candidate of the NNPP in Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf had the highest number cote during the electoral process.
See the list below:
- Y Abba (Kano): 1,019,603
- D Radda (Katsina): 859,892
- B Sanwo-Olu (Lagos): 762,134
- Uba Sani (Kaduna): 730,002
- N Umar (Jigawa): 618,449
- S Makinde (Oyo): 563,756
- B Zulum (Borno): 544,542
- C Mutfwang (Plateau): 525,2999
- M Bala (Bauchi): 525,280
- A Hyacinth (Benue): 473,933
- U Baggo (Niger): 469,896
- A Ahmed (Sokoto): 453,661
- D Lawal (Zamfara): 377,726
- O Sheriff (Delta): 360,234
- U Eno (A/Ibom): 354,357
- A Sule (Nasarawa): 347,209
- Y M’hod (Gombe): 342,831
- M Buni (Yobe): 317,113
- S Fubara (Rivers): 302,614
- D Abiodun (Ogun): 276,298
- A Abdulrahman (Kwara): 273,424
- B Otu (C/river): 258,619
- K Ogbu (Taraba): 257,926
- F Nwifuru (Ebonyi): 199,131
- A Otti (Abia): 175,466
- P MBAH (Enugu): 160,895