The EC8D reproduction
The state values reproduce the collation result for the four named parties. Grade B reflects a corroborated table without a direct scanned EC8D form in the current register.
Final state result · North Central · Two-layer record
Benue 2023 presidential election result
The reproduced Benue EC8D collation records APC first with 310,468 votes and LP second with 308,372. The declared margin was 2,096 votes. Mundx presents that state declaration beside, but never merged with, a four-party polling-unit research layer.
Result of record: the reproduced state collation. Research evidence: selected PU observations for APC, LP, PDP and NNPP under a documented policy.
Benue reconciliation
Declared totals beside selected PU observations
The declared four-party collation totals 753,661. The canonical PU layer totals 663,926, which is 88.1% of the declared figure and 89,735 below it.
| Party / scope | Declared collation | PU rollup | Declared minus PU | PU as % declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | 310,468 | 276,902 | +33,566 | 89.2% |
| LP | 308,372 | 261,432 | +46,940 | 84.8% |
| PDP | 130,081 | 116,904 | +13,177 | 89.9% |
| NNPP | 4,740 | 8,688 | -3,948 | 183.3% |
| Four-party total | 753,661 | 663,926 | +89,735 | 88.1% |
The difference is descriptive, not causal. “Declared minus canonical PU” equals +89,735 for the four tracked parties. It must not be relabelled as missing votes, invalid votes or fraud: the two layers were created at different stages, and the available record does not establish a single cause.
Local evidence
Polling-unit rollups across 23 Benue LGAs
These rows are calculated from selected polling-unit records, not declared LGA collation totals. APC leads 9 and LP leads 14 of the 23 local rollups. Each LGA name opens its permanent place page with ward and polling-unit context.
| LGA | PU leader | APC | LP | PDP | NNPP | Four-party | PUs represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ado | LP | 2,029 | 9,181 | 1,278 | 128 | 12,616 | 157 / 157 |
| Agatu | LP | 3,730 | 5,884 | 4,099 | 106 | 13,819 | 112 / 112 |
| Apa | LP | 3,475 | 6,083 | 2,878 | 325 | 12,761 | 124 / 124 |
| Buruku | APC | 19,062 | 12,669 | 6,558 | 271 | 38,560 | 240 / 240 |
| Gboko | APC | 23,242 | 11,356 | 9,151 | 729 | 44,478 | 475 / 475 |
| Guma | LP | 6,528 | 14,620 | 606 | 60 | 21,814 | 200 / 200 |
| Gwer East | APC | 13,093 | 7,908 | 6,473 | 189 | 27,663 | 189 / 189 |
| Gwer West | LP | 7,593 | 15,266 | 751 | 75 | 23,685 | 123 / 123 |
| Katsina-Ala | APC | 17,918 | 7,806 | 7,655 | 204 | 33,583 | 296 / 296 |
| Konshisha | LP | 10,155 | 24,248 | 3,375 | 410 | 38,188 | 254 / 254 |
| Kwande | APC | 22,281 | 11,237 | 7,486 | 504 | 41,508 | 339 / 339 |
| Logo | LP | 6,900 | 12,115 | 8,037 | 131 | 27,183 | 184 / 184 |
| Makurdi | LP | 25,742 | 37,114 | 4,214 | 2,355 | 69,425 | 562 / 562 |
| Obi | LP | 4,129 | 7,805 | 4,436 | 71 | 16,441 | 120 / 120 |
| Ogbadibo | LP | 3,075 | 9,435 | 3,491 | 183 | 16,184 | 142 / 142 |
| Ohimini | LP | 2,894 | 4,944 | 4,453 | 83 | 12,374 | 87 / 87 |
| Oju | LP | 7,861 | 12,592 | 4,660 | 140 | 25,253 | 204 / 204 |
| Okpokwu | LP | 3,602 | 7,062 | 4,641 | 1,358 | 16,663 | 147 / 147 |
| Otukpo | LP | 8,104 | 22,785 | 6,220 | 484 | 37,593 | 280 / 280 |
| Tarka | APC | 12,876 | 1,886 | 2,437 | 37 | 17,236 | 96 / 96 |
| Ukum | APC | 17,773 | 6,457 | 8,689 | 73 | 32,992 | 272 / 272 |
| Ushongo | APC | 20,239 | 7,440 | 7,479 | 637 | 35,795 | 213 / 213 |
| Vandeikya | APC | 34,601 | 5,539 | 7,837 | 135 | 48,112 | 286 / 286 |
Largest local rollups
Five LGAs in Benue context
The notes restate the largest local aggregations in prose so their leader, margin and evidence coverage remain legible outside the table. A PU-layer lead is not an official LGA declaration.
- Makurdi: LP leads the selected four-party rollup with 37,114 votes, 11,372 ahead of APC. The local total is 69,425 across 562 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Vandeikya: APC leads the selected four-party rollup with 34,601 votes, 26,764 ahead of PDP. The local total is 48,112 across 286 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Gboko: APC leads the selected four-party rollup with 23,242 votes, 11,886 ahead of LP. The local total is 44,478 across 475 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Kwande: APC leads the selected four-party rollup with 22,281 votes, 11,044 ahead of LP. The local total is 41,508 across 339 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Buruku: APC leads the selected four-party rollup with 19,062 votes, 6,393 ahead of LP. The local total is 38,560 across 240 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
Reading the Benue record
One contest, two evidence layers
The canonical PU layer
All 5,102 polling units in the inventory have a selected four-party observation. Representation does not authenticate each observation, restore the other fourteen parties or reproduce later collation decisions.
The LGA evidence directory
Makurdi has the largest local rollup at 69,425. In Ohimini, LP leads PDP by 491 in the closest proportional margin.
Coverage needs a denominator. The least complete local record is Ado at 100.0% of its inventory. Cite represented and inventory counts when an LGA has unresolved records. Full representation still does not make the rollup an official declaration.
Questions this page answers
Benue result notes
Who led Benue in the declared result?
APC led with 310,468 votes. LP followed on 308,372, a margin of 2,096. The four tracked parties total 753,661; that subtotal is not the complete eighteen-party vote.
What does the local pattern show?
APC leads 9 and LP leads 14 of the 23 LGA rollups. State-wide, APC leads the PU layer with 276,902 of 663,926 four-party votes, 15,470 ahead of LP. This does not revise the declared leader.
Why can the declared and PU totals differ?
EC8D is a state collation product. Mundx selects complete four-party PU observations, prioritising CCIJ records and then Mark Essien fallbacks. Scope, availability, transcription and later collation steps can differ. The comparison identifies questions; it does not prove a cause.
How should this page be cited?
Use this permanent URL for the Benue declaration and comparison. Name the layer, year and review date. Cite an LGA place record for a local PU claim, and do not call its PU leader a declared winner without a traceable local collation source.
Provenance
What is official, and what Mundx calculated
The declared layer comes from INEC's result collection and a contemporaneous reproduction of the collation table. It is a collation product, not a sum recreated by Mundx.
Mundx's second layer is a four-party aggregation of selected polling-unit observations. It applies policy all-complete-ccij-first-v1: complete CCIJ records take precedence, then complete Mark Essien records fill remaining units.
- INEC 2023 presidential IReV record.
- State/FCT collation reproduction.
- 176,409 represented units from an inventory of 176,846; 437 remain unresolved nationally.
Canonical PU policy all-complete-ccij-first-v1 · CCIJ commit e38e3bc9a22a
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Published by Mundx Analytics · reviewed by Mundx Analytics Data Team on 22 September 2026 · official sources retrieved 2026-08-20.