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 East · Two-layer record
Taraba 2023 presidential election result
The reproduced Taraba EC8D collation records PDP first with 189,017 votes and LP second with 146,315. The declared margin was 42,702 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.
Taraba reconciliation
Declared totals beside selected PU observations
The declared four-party collation totals 483,315. The canonical PU layer totals 395,527, which is 81.8% of the declared figure and 87,788 below it.
| Party / scope | Declared collation | PU rollup | Declared minus PU | PU as % declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | 135,165 | 115,744 | +19,421 | 85.6% |
| LP | 146,315 | 111,417 | +34,898 | 76.1% |
| PDP | 189,017 | 153,588 | +35,429 | 81.3% |
| NNPP | 12,818 | 14,778 | -1,960 | 115.3% |
| Four-party total | 483,315 | 395,527 | +87,788 | 81.8% |
The difference is descriptive, not causal. “Declared minus canonical PU” equals +87,788 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 16 Taraba LGAs
These rows are calculated from selected polling-unit records, not declared LGA collation totals. APC leads 2, LP leads 4 and PDP leads 10 of the 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardo - Kola | PDP | 4,812 | 4,695 | 11,942 | 316 | 21,765 | 174 / 174 |
| Bali | PDP | 5,810 | 4,520 | 11,585 | 1,258 | 23,173 | 254 / 254 |
| Donga | LP | 10,144 | 12,240 | 5,359 | 370 | 28,113 | 201 / 201 |
| Gashaka | PDP | 3,903 | 2,069 | 4,695 | 282 | 10,949 | 137 / 137 |
| Gassol | PDP | 11,233 | 4,593 | 14,443 | 4,044 | 34,313 | 342 / 342 |
| Ibi | APC | 12,733 | 6,046 | 4,906 | 1,770 | 25,455 | 142 / 142 |
| Jalingo | PDP | 18,659 | 18,494 | 20,882 | 2,741 | 60,776 | 383 / 383 |
| Karim-Lamido | PDP | 8,041 | 4,881 | 19,735 | 211 | 32,868 | 274 / 274 |
| Kurmi | PDP | 3,016 | 4,725 | 5,661 | 61 | 13,463 | 142 / 142 |
| Lau | PDP | 4,818 | 5,884 | 12,860 | 233 | 23,795 | 137 / 137 |
| Sardauna | APC | 14,303 | 4,367 | 12,262 | 1,434 | 32,366 | 358 / 358 |
| Takum | LP | 490 | 2,500 | 588 | 46 | 3,624 | 245 / 245 |
| Ussa | LP | 2,764 | 8,301 | 1,773 | 143 | 12,981 | 156 / 156 |
| Wukari | LP | 9,206 | 19,916 | 4,941 | 1,456 | 35,519 | 377 / 377 |
| Yorro | PDP | 2,835 | 4,064 | 8,577 | 270 | 15,746 | 121 / 121 |
| Zing | PDP | 2,977 | 4,122 | 13,379 | 143 | 20,621 | 154 / 154 |
Largest local rollups
Five LGAs in Taraba 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.
- Jalingo: PDP leads the selected four-party rollup with 20,882 votes, 2,223 ahead of APC. The local total is 60,776 across 383 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Wukari: LP leads the selected four-party rollup with 19,916 votes, 10,710 ahead of APC. The local total is 35,519 across 377 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Gassol: PDP leads the selected four-party rollup with 14,443 votes, 3,210 ahead of APC. The local total is 34,313 across 342 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Karim-Lamido: PDP leads the selected four-party rollup with 19,735 votes, 11,694 ahead of APC. The local total is 32,868 across 274 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
- Sardauna: APC leads the selected four-party rollup with 14,303 votes, 2,041 ahead of PDP. The local total is 32,366 across 358 represented units. The selected source layer represents every polling unit in the inventory.
Reading the Taraba record
One contest, two evidence layers
The canonical PU layer
All 3,597 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
Jalingo has the largest local rollup at 60,776. In Jalingo, PDP leads APC by 2,223 in the closest proportional margin.
Coverage needs a denominator. The least complete local record is Ardo - Kola 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
Taraba result notes
Who led Taraba in the declared result?
PDP led with 189,017 votes. LP followed on 146,315, a margin of 42,702. The four tracked parties total 483,315; that subtotal is not the complete eighteen-party vote.
What does the local pattern show?
APC leads 2, LP leads 4 and PDP leads 10 of the 16 LGA rollups. State-wide, PDP leads the PU layer with 153,588 of 395,527 four-party votes, 37,844 ahead of APC. 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 Taraba 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.