Data Analysis: 2019 Presidential Election Outshines 2011, 2015 With Voided Votes
The just-concluded presidential election has recorded 1,289,607 rejected votes nationwide, according to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday.
Analysis of the figure shows that it constitutes 4.5
The voided votes are more than the total valid ballots cast in each of 34 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It was only in Kano, Kaduna
The 2019 figure is 445,088 or 52.7
Voided votes constituted 2.8
Further analyses by NAN revealed that Saturday's election also recorded more voided votes compared with that of 2011.
In 2011, a total of 1,259,506 votes were rejected, making the latest figure higher by 30,101 votes or 2.3
The ratio of rejected to total votes casts is also higher in the 2019 election compared with the 3.1
This trend, according to political analysts, means that Nigerian voters are getting less educated in the balloting system, hence the need for more voter education in the country.
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Lagos and Katsina followed with 67,023 and 63,712 or 5.1 and 4.9
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