2019 ELECTION RESULTS AND THE SOUTHERN KADUNA FACTOR. EMMANUEL JUNIOR ZAKKA 5-11-2022 ~By global Politics News Weekly
In 2019, APC defeated the PDP with 231,259 votes. Let us look at the way the Local Governments voted and whether it is true or not that Southern Kaduna Matters.
In that election, the APC polled 1,045,427, representing 55.32% of the total votes cast. The PDP polled 814,168, representing 43.08% of the total votes cast.
In the Southern kaduna dominated local governments of the state, 11 Local Governments to be sure, including the 8 that constitute the Kaduna South Senatorial district, the so-called PDP Power House, the PDP unsurprisingly scored a total of 510,116 votes. But the APC made sure the PDP did not get the usual bloc vote as they polled 263,344 votes. In these Local Government Areas, the difference between the two parties was 246,772 votes. The Local Governments are CHIKUN, KAJURU, LERE, Jaba, Jema’a, Kachia, Kagarko, Kaura, Sanga, Zangon Kataf, and Kauru. The PDP won in 9 of these 11 Local Governments. It marginally lost in Kauru and Lere Local Governments. The Local Governments in capital letters (except Lere, arguably) are the ones that are Christian-dominated but not among the ones that form the KADUNA SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. These Local Governments are the ones popularly known as SOUTHERN KADUNA.
In the other 12 Local Governments which are popularly known as NORTHERN KADUNA (with very good population of Christians in especially Kaduna South Local Government), the APC dealt the PDP serious blow to cancel the gain recorded in the PDP stronghold of Southern Kaduna. While the APC polled 772,083 votes (508,739 votes more than it got from SOUTHERN KADUNA), the PDP polled 304,042 votes (exactly 206,074 votes less than it got from its Southern Kaduna stronghold). The difference in votes between the APC and PDP in these Local Government Areas was 470,041. So, the APC did much better in its stronghold than the PDP did in its own stronghold although some of these votes were inflated through manipulation.
Now, note that the vote difference between the APC and PDP was 231,259.
If Southern Kaduna had denied the APC 150,000 more votes in the area, the PDP would have won with 964,168 votes against the APCs 895,427 votes.
Dear brothers and sisters in Kaduna, when we say don’t be distracted, let us focus on supporting the PDP to defeat the disaster of the APC in 2023, that is what we mean. If we want to, we can defeat the APC. That is why the APC is encouraging us to support someone from SK in the Labour Party who can split these votes and make their jobs easier. If we fall for that, we will cry harder after 2023. I will be waiting to say I WARNED YOU (God forbid). The APC will do anything, including sponsoring some among us, to vie for Governorship position, NEVER BECAUSE THEY WANT US TO WIN OR EVEN THINK ANY OF US CAN WIN, but because it will help them.
Those who have ears, let them listen.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019
In the buildup to the 2019 election in Kaduna state, it was abundantly clear, owing to the abysmal failure of the APC, that the election was leaning in the direction of the PDP, until the power of the average northern Muslim was used by the producer of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, Governor Elrufa’i – i.e. RELIGION. Fair minded observers know that the moment APC used the Muslim-Muslim ticket, they got the mumu button of the average northern Muslim who is more concerned about his religion than any other good. We all know that and the current Muslim Muslim ticket is a testament to that. A typical northern Muslim loves his religion more than his life. And politicians know that and they use it well. That was why the results went the way they went in 2019 and nothing more. I am also aware that many of them have become wiser now with on-the-ground sensitisation that have been silently going on among them. The results of the last Local Government election and bye-election in the northern part of Kaduna stand as proof.
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