The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has retain its position as the majority in the upper legislative assembly as the party has won 64 senatorial seats in the just concluded elections .
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured 40 seats while the Young Progressives Party (YPP) also got one senatorial slot, this according tom the results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
According to reports, results of some senatorial districts are being awaited to be declared by the INEC.
The districts are in Plateau state, one in Taraba state and one in Imo state.
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.
In 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, it was 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.
