tesppidd:
lol

And who asked you to remove?

The Supreme Court too?

After Atiku's defeat you guys keep on clutching on any straws that you can find.

Wasted votes are dead votes. Inec concerns itself with live votes

Udantu:


PDP scores highest votes in 12 of the following 14 LGAS:
Talata Mafara, Gumi, Bakura, Zurmi, Kaura Namoda, Bungudu, Bukkuyun, Anka, Maru, Gusau, Shinkafi, Tsafe, Maraudu, Birnin Magaji/Kiyaw

And who asked you to remove?

dizon:
All votes cast for APC automatically become invalid votes so u have to subtract them from the number of valid votes

True for the invalidity of APC votes.

But the electoral law says the winner must have a simple majority as well as have a 25% of total votes cast in 2/3rds of the LGA.

The problem is that APC's invalid votes count in the total votes cast. This is what INEC will analyze in their meeting.

Zamfara has 13 LGAs and 2/3rds is 9 LGAs. So PDP must have wont 25% of the total votes cast in 9 LGAs to qualify as a win, else a rerun must be done.

For example for an LG
APC 100k
PDP 20k
Other parties 5k
Invalid 1k
Total votes cast 126k

With the judgement

PDP 20k
Other parties 5k
Invalid 101k
Total votes cast 126k
Now the PDP must win 25% so 20/126=15.87%

At 15%, PDP didn't win. If up to 5 LGA has result like this, a rerun will be held without APC.

The problem if PDP doesn't scale through, there will be no governor on May 29th which is 4 days away. There is no Governor, no deputy, no speaker which are the line of succession. INEC cannot conduct a rerun in time and there cant be a vacuum in that office, the result is a Lacuna.

Udantu:


Wasted votes are dead votes. Inec concerns itself with live votes

Are wasted votes invalid votes?

tesppidd:
And who asked you to remove?

Wasted votes are dead votes

tesppidd:
Are wasted votes invalid votes?

They are as good as never been casted so they are not invalid rather non existent

adanny01:


True for the invalidity of APC votes.

But the electoral law says the winner must have a simple majority as well as have a 25% of total votes cast in 2/3rds of the LGA.

The problem is that APC's invalid votes count in the total votes cast. This is what INEC will analyze in their meeting.

Zamfara has 13 LGAs and 2/3rds is 9 LGAs. So PDP must have wont 25% of the total votes cast in 9 LGAs to qualify as a win, else a rerun must be done.

Leave them alone let them be mastturbating all over the place.

The SC only called them wasted votes because they were cast for the APC.

Unfortunately for the PDP those "wasted" votes which were validly cast cannot be wished away by the PDP.

They must be used in calculating that spread.

kahal29:
”The apex court ordered that the runner-up candidate be sworn in if he fulfils the constitutional requirement of getting one quarter of the total votes cast in at least two-third of the local government areas of the state.

Here is the analysis:

Total votes cast: 810,782

APC: 534,541 votes

PDP: 189,452 votes

So PDP must get 202,696 to clinch the governor seat of Zamfara state.

Let's all Digest this please?

Credit: Omowumi Olalekan

Remove the wasted votes of APC from the total votes cast, that makes the PDP to meet the two-third requirement in the local government areas.

Yyeske:
Read the my last post

OK just did. Good one there for your humble admittance

AkataYeriYeri:

Get a life!
The fact that you get paid to support pdp does not mean every other person get paid to support other parties.
Mofo!

I didn't get paid from any. I'm a realist. I'm doing a selfless service. keep on ranting ok.

Udantu:
Wasted votes are dead votes

Zamfara at a glance. Crunching the figures: PRE-SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT:
1) total votes cast: 810, 782
2) total cancelled votes: 17,844
3) total valid votes: 792,938
4) APC votes: 534,541
5) PDP votes: 189, 452
6) NRM votes: 15, 177

POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) Total valid votes 792, 938
- APC wasted votes 534, 541
= 258, 541

2) total valid votes at play
= 258, 541
3) cancelled votes 17, 844

RESULTS AS THEY STAND POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) PDP 189, 452
2) NRM 15, 177

a) Difference between PDP & NRM votes: 174, 272

b) Cancelled votes 17,844

i) Total votes cast: 258, 397
ii) PDP votes 189, 452
Difference = 68, 945

Pdp has won it

very good analysis

rafindo:
Does the constitution recognize wasted vote.the supreme is actually compounding a serious debate. Wasted votes automatically disenfranchised the voter who had nothing to do with internal issue of a party. The best the supreme court should have done is other a new election with APC excluded. People votes must count not court vote. Supreme court erred in error.

The Supreme Court is not compounding any debate. Ab initio, INEC refused to recognize Zamfara State APC candidates, which they communicated in writing. APC went and procurred a kangaroo high court order compelling INEC to list them. Although another high court gave a contradicting order, INEC choose to obey the one in favour of APC. After election, Appeal court voided their candidatures which had now been endorsed by Supreme Court.

The blame should be laid squarely on the door post of APC who knew the position of the electoral law and chose to disregard it. This end was predictable right from the beginning.

TGM2015:
Invalid or wasted votes?
Supreme Court holds that all votes casted for APC are wasted votes and not invalid votes. So, let us how INEC will interpret the wasted votes and "the requisite spread" for the second highest political party with valid votes.

In electoral law, there is nothing like wasted votes. The legal term is invalid or rejected votes.

dizon:
All votes cast for APC automatically become invalid votes so u have to subtract them from the number of valid votes

i thought we will never have to do these again until another 4yrs, obviously the pdp sympathisers yet to learn a thing,
first of all! the court never mention or declare pdp as winner, the judgement only compelled inec to declare 2nd runner up as winner provided the party meet the requisite.
the fact that some vote are rejected or voided does not affect total vote ,check inec spreadsheet of all elections total vote will alway be the sum of valid votes + rejected vote racoon said you are intelligient i laugh ... that's an expensive joke on NL.
inec will judge pdp on basis of total vote, can someone tell me whatelse i don't know

Johnnyessence:
I didn't get paid from any. I'm a realist. I'm doing a selfless service. keep on ranting ok.

The irony .
Lmfao .
Pdp selfless service. Lwkmd .
You’re the one ranting here , blackie

Udantu:
Wasted votes are dead votes

Zamfara at a glance. Crunching the figures: PRE-SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT:
1) total votes cast: 810, 782
2) total cancelled votes: 17,844
3) total valid votes: 792,938
4) APC votes: 534,541
5) PDP votes: 189, 452
6) NRM votes: 15, 177

POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) Total valid votes 792, 938
- APC wasted votes 534, 541
= 258, 541

2) total valid votes at play
= 258, 541
3) cancelled votes 17, 844

RESULTS AS THEY STAND POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) PDP 189, 452
2) NRM 15, 177

a) Difference between PDP & NRM votes: 174, 272

b) Cancelled votes 17,844

i) Total votes cast: 258, 397
ii) PDP votes 189, 452
Difference = 68, 945

Pdp has won it

Based on the ruling , All APC vote cast are invalid, void and non existent ab initio. For governoship, It suffice to say that the total valid votes is now 810,782-534,541= 276, 241.

Therefore, the winner must meet the following;

1. The majority votes.
2. The contest having scored upto 25% in 2/3 no of local govts .

This could be verified by subtracting the void votes of the APC from each of the local govt council (for governoship)

Meanwhile, for all other positions like Senatorial seat, House of Reps and state house of Assembly shall be for the candidate having the highest votes.

mushystuff:
The court first declared all votes allotted to the APC as wasted, rubbish and void. So subtract those and come back with the actual, judicially recognised votes and your question again.

You're olodo, was it the APC that voted or the people of Zamfara. The votes cast by people of Zamfara for APC cannot be cancelled from the main votes by your analogy, their votes still part of vote cast but does not benefit APC.
Think like someone that passed through school.

gurunlocker:
Lol.... Mathematician APC are here again!


If your party did not influence the judgment to put APC on the ballot, will they be there in the first instance?


You are thinking of a way in which INEC will order a supplementary rerun, then your devilish party will sponsor another small party to defeat PDP maybe.... Then he will later defect to APC

Essentially, that's what Okorocha and Amaechi tried to do in IMO and Rivers States.

cr7lomo:
Did the supreme court declare a re-run?? So y this thread?? Or is comprehension skills now a problem for u??

learn , only inec has the power to declare a re-run ... the court can only make a judgement ,then inec will interprete it to allign with there own duties

tesppidd:
The truth is that everybody now wants to turn logic on it's head.

Logic!

The essence of the constitutional requirement of 25 percent in 3/4 is for a great spread of the state indigenes to have a say in electing their governor.

And for anybody to imagine that the Suprme Court would seek to punish the over 70 percent of Zamfara indigenes who voted for the APC not out of breaking the law but simply because the APC fumbled their own primaries is quite idiotic to say the least.

There is no way that the votes cast for the APC could be disregarded in determining this "spread", required by the law.

No way!!

That would amount to technically disenfranchising over 70 percent of Zamfara indigenes who did nothing wrong.

The Supreme Court wouldn't contemplate that.

From your logic you are still saying APC should participate in the election.


APC are marouders in the election.

There name was not expected to be there.

So any vote cases for them are wasted votes.

Supreme court ruling stands.

Party with second highest votes and spreads bearing in mind there are other parties which could as well takes some spread as well

Udantu:
Wasted votes are dead votes
Zamfara at a glance. Crunching the figures: PRE-SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT: 1) total votes cast: 810, 782 2) total cancelled votes: 17,844 3) total valid votes: 792,938 4) APC votes: 534,541 5) PDP votes: 189, 452 6) NRM votes: 15, 177
POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:
1) Total valid votes 792, 938 - APC wasted votes 534, 541 = 258, 541
2) total valid votes at play = 258, 541 3) cancelled votes 17, 844
RESULTS AS THEY STAND POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:
1) PDP 189, 452 2) NRM 15, 177
a) Difference between PDP & NRM votes: 174, 272
b) Cancelled votes 17,844
i) Total votes cast: 258, 397 ii) PDP votes 189, 452 Difference = 68, 945
Pdp has won it

God bless you for your superb analysis

ihatesycophant:
You're olodo, was it the APC that voted or the people of Zamfara. The votes cast by people of Zamfara for APC cannot be cancelled from the main votes by your analogy, their votes still part of vote cast but does not benefit APC.
Think like someone that passed through school.

What then is the meaning of wasted votes.

Pack well jare.

What is going on in this thread is speculation though I stand by my analysis. On Monday inec will give Pdp their certificate of return the angry ones can go to court

kahal29:
”


The apex court ordered that the runner-up candidate be sworn in if he fulfils the constitutional requirement of getting one quarter of the total votes cast in at least two-third of the local government areas of the state.

Here is the analysis:

Total votes cast: 810,782

APC: 534,541 votes

PDP: 189,452 votes

So PDP must get 202,696 to clinch the governor seat of Zamfara state.

Let's all Digest this please?

Credit: Omowumi Olalekan

*Supreme Court Judgement on Zamfara :* Nothing is holding INEC from handing PDP Governorship Candidate CoR .

*... Matawalle fulfilled Section 179(2)(a)(b) of the Constitution with Supreme Court Judgement .*


One thing that is clear from Supreme Court Judgement is that it declared votes cast to APC in all the elections in Zamfara State in 2019 as *WASTED VOTES .*

By implications , all the votes cast to APC candidates assumed not to exist in the eyes of the law according Supreme Court .

*Section 179(2)(a)(b) determines who wins Governorship election in Nigeria and PDP candidate fulfilled this section of our constitution .*

Two Constitutional Provisions to be fulfilled are :

*(i) Section 179(2)(a) :*

Mr Bello Matawalle of PDP's 189,452 votes is the highest votes score in Zamfara Governorship election and thereby fulfilled Section 179(2)(a) .


*(ii) Section 179(2)(b) :*

Here this Section talk about scoring 25% of the votes cast in 2/3 of the LGAs in the state

Full result of Zamfara governorship election in the entire 14 LGA and it shows that PDP candidate scored above 25% in all the LGAs .




*1]* Bakura LGA
PDP – 15,331 (87%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,540.

*2]* Anka LGA
PDP – 8,292 (77%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 10,743.



*3]* Gummi LGA
PDP – 13,418 (78%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,198






*4]* Bukkuyum LGA
PDP – 12,010 (74%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 16,216



*5]* Maradun LGA
PDP – 18,868 (88%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 21,477



*6] Zurmi LGA :*
PDP – 13,194 (68%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 19,431




*7] Talata Mafara LGA:*

PDP – 12,691 (71%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,875



*8] Bungudu LGA:*
PDP – 18,379 (56%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 32,892




*9] Kaura Namoda LGA:*

PDP – 14,647 (79%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 18,439




*10] Birnin Magaji LGA:*
PDP – 7,880 (79%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 9,974





*11] Gusau LGA:*
PDP – 22,441 (60%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 37,269




*12] Maru LGA:*
PDP – 9,830 (39%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 25,325




*13] Shinkafi LGA:*
PDP – 5,707 (60%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 9,577




*14] Tsafe LGA:*
PDP – 16,764 (48%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 34,747



*Mr Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 189,452 votes, is now presumed winner of the election courtesy of the APC vs APC Supreme Court Judgement .*



So ,INEC don't have to manufacture any law here , but to enforce Supreme Court Judgement by issuing Certificate of Return to Mr Bello .




Credit: Ikechukwu Emeka Onyia

engineerboat:


What then is the meaning of wasted votes.

Pack well jare.

Don't mind those ones they are trying to pull off another rivers state but it will not happen

tesppidd:
The truth is that everybody now wants to turn logic on it's head.

Logic!

The essence of the constitutional requirement of 25 percent in 3/4 is for a great spread of the state indigenes to have a say in electing their governor.

And for anybody to imagine that the Suprme Court would seek to punish the over 70 percent of Zamfara indigenes who voted for the APC not out of breaking the law but simply because the APC fumbled their own primaries is quite idiotic to say the least.

There is no way that the votes cast for the APC could be disregarded in determining this "spread", required by the law.

No way!!

That would amount to technically disenfranchising over 70 percent of Zamfara indigenes who did nothing wrong.

The Supreme Court wouldn't contemplate that.

Always know that, there is difference between moral thinking and law. As far as the Zamfara case is concerned, all votes allocated to APC does not count in anyway either as valid or invalid, it's wasted voted; null! So count the remaining parties valid votes and consider the invalid too.

bbxxxxxx:
Full result of Zamfara governorship election

1] Bakura LGA
PDP – 15,331 (87%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,540.

2] Anka LGA
PDP – 8,292 (77%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 10,743.

3] Gummi LGA
PDP – 13,418 (78%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,198

4] Bukkuyum LGA
PDP – 12,010 (74%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 16,216

5] Maradun LGA
PDP – 18,868 (88%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 21,477

6] Zurmi LGA
PDP – 13,194 (68%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 19,431

7] Talata Mafara LGA
PDP – 12,691 (71%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 17,875

8] Bungudu LGA
PDP – 18,379 (56%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 32,892

9] Kaura Namoda LGA
PDP – 14,647 (79%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 18,439

10] Birnin Magaji LGA
PDP – 7,880 (79%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 9,974

11] Gusau LGA
PDP – 22,441 (60%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 37,269

12] Maru LGA
PDP – 9,830 (39%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 25,325

13] Shinkafi LGA
PDP – 5,707 (60%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 9,577

14] Tsafe LGA
PDP – 16,764 (48%)
Reversed Accreditated Votes – 34,747

Mr Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 189,452 votes, is now presumed winner of the election courtesy of the APC vs APC Supreme Court Judgement.

What the f is reversed accredited votes?

DabuIIIT:


Shut up,thank you

Children of nowadays

engineerboat:


From your logic you are still saying APC should participate in the election.


APC are marouders in the election.

There name was not expected to be there.

So any vote cases for them are wasted votes.

Supreme court ruling stands.

Party with second highest votes and spreads bearing in mind there are other parties which could as well takes some spread as well

How could what i wrote be interpreted as wanting APC to participate?

How you dey reason your own sef?


My logic is not for the party APC to participate,

but for the Zamfara indigenes who voted for APC to exercise their franchise and participate.

ericsmith:





i thought we will never have to do these again until another 4yrs, obviously the pdp sympathisers yet to learn a thing,
first of all! the court never mention or declare pdp as winner, the judgement only compelled inec to declare 2nd runner up as winner provided the party meet the requisite.
the fact that some vote are rejected or voided does not affect total vote ,check inec spreadsheet of all elections total vote will alway be the sum of valid votes + rejected vote racoon said you are intelligient i laugh ... that's an expensive joke on NL.
inec will judge pdp on basis of total vote, can someone tell me whatelse i don't know

Do you do mathematics in school at All

Going budget you pasted above

1. Using valid votes

In ekiti

APC will have 57.6% approximately 58%

2. Using all votes cast

In ekiti APC will have 55.4%


Isn't that simple