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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party as Sokoto state governor-elect.
Announcing the final results of the election, the state Returning Officer, Prof. Fatimah Mukhtar, said Tambuwal polled a total score of 512,002 votes to beat Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress who garnered 511,660.The Resident Electoral Officer, Prof. Sadiq Musa, had said the declaration of the winner was be based on simple majority.Total votes cast were 1,067,994 while the number of rejected votes was 31,662.
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