{"id":13524,"date":"2026-11-09T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/explainer-what-inecs-2023-results-in-rivers-and-delta-actually-show\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:45:59","slug":"explainer-what-inecs-2023-results-in-rivers-and-delta-actually-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/explainer-what-inecs-2023-results-in-rivers-and-delta-actually-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Explainer: What INEC\u2019s 2023 results in Rivers and Delta actually show"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Explainer:<\/p>\n

By Omeiza Ajayi<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABUJA \u2013 Rivers and Delta states, neighbours in the South-South, backed different presidential candidates in the February 25, 2023 election, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won Rivers, while Peter Obi, who ran on the Labour Party, LP, ticket, won Delta.<\/p>\n

Rivers: Tinubu ahead by 56,520 votes<\/h4>\n

Tinubu polled 231,591 votes in Rivers, ahead of Obi\u2019s 175,071. That put the APC candidate 56,520 votes clear of the runner-up.<\/p>\n

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came third with 88,468 votes. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, trailed with 1,322.<\/p>\n

Delta: Obi\u2019s commanding lead<\/h4>\n

Delta produced the wider margin. Obi scored 341,866 votes, against 161,600 for Atiku, a lead of 180,266 votes.<\/p>\n

Tinubu managed 90,183 votes in Delta and finished third. Kwankwaso had 3,122.<\/p>\n

What the two results show together<\/h4>\n

Taken together, the states reverse each other\u2019s order. Tinubu won Rivers but placed third in Delta, while Obi won Delta and was runner-up in Rivers. Obi was the only candidate to finish in the top two in both states.<\/p>\n

The combined figures tell a different story from the two state winners alone. Obi polled 516,937 votes across Rivers and Delta, compared with Tinubu\u2019s 321,774. This is a difference of 195,163 votes in Obi\u2019s favour, even though Tinubu took the state with the higher turnout of the two.<\/p>\n

Obi\u2019s vote in Delta alone, at 341,866, exceeded Tinubu\u2019s combined total for both states by 20,092 votes.<\/p>\n

Atiku polled 250,068 votes across the two states, finishing third in Rivers and second in Delta. Kwankwaso placed fourth in both, with 4,444 votes combined.<\/p>\n

Tinubu\u2019s support was uneven. He polled 231,591 votes in Rivers but only 90,183 in Delta, a drop of 141,408 votes between the two neighbouring states.<\/p>\n

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