Zone-Level Data
North East
- Population:
- 18,984,2996
- Male Population:
- 9,761,087
- Female Population:
- 9,223,212
- Registered Voters:
- 10,749,059
- Gross State Product in 2012 (N’billion):
- 1,325.18
- Adult Male Literacy in English:
- 49.8% (PDF Download)
- Adult Female Literacy in English:
- 33.4% (PDF Download)
- Overall Adult Literacy in English:
- 42.0% (PDF Download)
Systematic Observation Data:
Voter Accreditation
- Polling Official Arrival
- Accreditation Time
- Polling Officials
- Party Agents
- Security Personnel
- Voter Cards
- Voting Register Ticks
- Election Ink
- Polling Unit Departures
- Harassment - Accreditation
- Voting Time
- Empty Ballot Box
- Voting Without Card
- Voter Verification
- Ballot Stamp and Signature
- Secret Ballot
- Late Accreditation
- Harassment - Voting
- Accreditation During Voting
Voter Accreditation
-
Percent of polling units with polling officials by 7:30am
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 58% ±7%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 52% ±18%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 49% ±14%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 66% ±14%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 63% ±18%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 48% ±20%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 80% ±18%
-
Percent of polling units where accreditation began by 9:00am
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 89% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 87% ±12%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 88% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±6%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±10%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 70% ±19%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units with only one polling official
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units with only one party agent present
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±1%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±4%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units with security personnel
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 92% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 84% ±10%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 91% ±8%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 86% ±14%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units with few or no people accredited to vote without a voter's card
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±2%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where most or all voters' names were checked in the register of voters
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 97% ±2%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±5%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±6%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±10%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where polling officials marked most or all accredited voters' finger with indelible ink
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 90% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±9%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 92% ±7%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 83% ±11%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 89% ±12%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 95% ±9%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 95% ±10%
-
Percent of polling units where most or all voters left after being accredited
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 24% ±6%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 23% ±15%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 22% ±11%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 33% ±14%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 30% ±17%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 10% ±13%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 20% ±18%
-
Percent of polling units where voters or polling officials were harassed / intimidated during accreditation
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 9% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 7% ±9%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 14% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±6%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 11% ±12%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 14% ±15%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
Voting Process
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Percent of polling units where voting began by 2:00pm
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 99% ±1%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where the ballot box was shown to be empty before being sealed closed
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 99% ±1%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 95% ±10%
-
Percent of polling units few or no people were permitted to vote without a voter's card
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±2%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±9%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where polling officials rechecked most or all voters names in the register of voters
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 97% ±2%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 97% ±6%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 95% ±9%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where most or all ballot papers were stamped and signed
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 99% ±1%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 98% ±4%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where voters were able to mark their ballot paper in secret
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 90% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 87% ±12%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±5%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 89% ±9%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±10%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 86% ±15%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 85% ±16%
-
Percent of polling units where new voters were accredited during voting
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 15% ±5%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 20% ±14%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 20% ±11%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 9% ±8%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 15% ±13%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 14% ±15%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 10% ±13%
-
Percent of polling units where voters or polling officials were harassed / intimidated during voting
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 12% ±5%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 10% ±11%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 12% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 13% ±10%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 19% ±15%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 10% ±13%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±10%
-
Percent of polling units where number of voters accredited increased during voting (by more than 5%)
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 7% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 7% ±9%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 18% ±11%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 7% ±10%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±10%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±10%
Counting Process
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Percent of polling units where ballot papers were properly sorted by party during counting
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±3%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 97% ±6%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 94% ±6%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±7%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where a party agent disagreed with the announced results
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 6% ±3%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 10% ±11%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±5%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 11% ±9%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±7%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
-
Percent of polling units where the results were publicly posted
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 92% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 87% ±12%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 96% ±5%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 93% ±7%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 100% ±0%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 90% ±13%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 80% ±18%
-
Percent of polling units where polling officials were harassed / intimidated during counting
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 7% ±4%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 3% ±6%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 8% ±7%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 11% ±9%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 11% ±12%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±10%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
Voting Results
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Percent of polling units where valid votes equaled the sum of the votes cast for each party (within 5%)
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 85% ±5%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 83% ±13%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 88% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 78% ±12%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 92% ±10%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 80% ±18%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 95% ±10%
-
Percent turnout
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 56% ±3%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 52% ±5%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 66% ±7%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 51% ±6%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 53% ±5%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 56% ±5%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 54% ±9%
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Percent rejected ballots (voter's intention not clear)
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 3% ±1%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 3% ±1%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 3% ±1%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±2%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±2%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±2%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±2%
-
Percent vote for ACN
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±0%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 5% ±3%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±1%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±0%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±1%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±1%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±0%
-
Percent vote for ANPP
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±2%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 4% ±3%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±0%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 0% ±0%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 20% ±9%
-
Percent vote for CPC
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 61% ±6%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 32% ±12%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 79% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 76% ±8%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 58% ±19%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 36% ±19%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 61% ±14%
-
Percent vote for PDP
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 32% ±6%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 61% ±13%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 17% ±9%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 18% ±6%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 37% ±18%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 60% ±18%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 16% ±6%
-
Percent vote for other parties
- North East 199 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±0%
- Adamawa 31 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±1%
- Bauchi 51 Polling Station(s)
- 1% ±0%
- Borno 47 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±1%
- Gombe 27 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±1%
- Taraba 23 Polling Station(s)
- 2% ±1%
- Yobe 20 Polling Station(s)
- 3% ±1%