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#NigeriaElections2023: PDP Wins Kaduna Senatorial, House Of Representatives Seats

by Echezona obinna
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The Peoples Democratic Party gained three senatorial seats in Kaduna State in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

The state’s main opposition party also won 10 of the state’s 16 House of Representatives seats.
Lawal Usman of the PDP won the Central North Senatorial District seat with 225,066 votes, defeating Abdullahi Sani of the All Progressives Congress, who was the former Chief of Staff and Commissioner for Budget and Planning to Governor Nasir El-rufai.

According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Haruna Adamu of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, the candidate of the Labour Party, Ibrahim Sani came third with 87,510 votes while Umar Tijjani of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, polled 24,395 votes to place fourth.

The Kaduna Central Senatorial district was won by Senator Uba Sani of the APC.
The PDP also clinched the Kaduna North Senatorial District won by its candidate, Khalid Mustapha, who defeated the incumbent Senator Suleiman Kwari of the APC.

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The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Saleh Ado, while announcing the results in Zaria, said Mustapha scored 250,826 votes to defeat Kwari, who got 190,008 votes.
He said Labour Party’s Sidi Bamalli scored 28,418, while Adamu Rabi’u of the Social Democratic Party polled 315 votes.

Also, in Kaduna South Senatorial district, a former member of the House of Representatives, Sunday Katung of the PDP won the seat.

Katung polled 138,246 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Michael Auta of the LP, who scored 101,479 votes.

INEC: Lawmakers who Dump Their Party For Another Party Should Lose Their Seats

The results of the district was announced in Kafanchan by INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Abdullahi Dalhatu.
The PDP also won 10 seats out of the total 16 seats for House of Representatives in the state, while the APC won four seats and the LP won two seats.
The PDP won the following seats: Makarfi/Kudan federal constituency, Sabon Gari federal constituency, Soba federal constituency, Ikara/Kubau federal constituency, Jema’a/Sanga federal constituency, Kauru federal constituency, Kagarko/Kachia federal constituency, Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency, Igabi federal constituency.

The APC candidates won Birnin Gwari/Giwa federal constituency, Kaduna North federal constituency, Lere federal constituency, Zaria federal constituency.

The two seats won by the Labour Party are Kaura Federal Constituency and Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency.

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