APC leads in Senate, secures 64 seats, PDP 40, YPP 1

- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 64 senatorial seats in the just concluded elections

- Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured 40 seats

- Young Progressives Party (YPP) also got one senatorial seat

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 64 senatorial seats while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured 40 seats in the collated results of the National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 23.

According to reports, Young Progressives Party (YPP) also got one senatorial seat while results of some senatorial districts are being awaited to be declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The districts are in Plateau state, one in Taraba state and one in Imo state, New Telegraph reports.

Here are the breakdown per geopolitical zone

APC

Northwest - APC won 20 out of the 21 senatorial seats available

Southwest - APC won 14 out of the 18 seats available

Northeast - 14 senatorial seats

North Central - 12 senatorial seats

South South - 3 senatorial seats

South-East - 2 senatorial seats

PDP

South-South - 15 senatorial seats out of the 18 senatorial slots in the zone

Southeast - 11 out of 15 slots for the zone

North east - 3 seats

South west - 3 seats

YPP

Anambra state.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that only 34.75 per cent of registered voters actually voted in the just concluded presidential elections, according to data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The percentage represents 28,614,190 people who cast their votes during the elections. This is 0.91 per cent less than the total number of accredited voters who make up a total 35.66 per cent (29,364,209) of total registered voters.

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