FLASHBACK: Full result of June 12 1993 election

The number one topic in the polity at the moment is June 12, 1993 election, adjudged as freest and fairest in the history of the country.

The issue of the election regained prominence following the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day by President Muhammadu Buhari and the posthumous GCFR award conferred on MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the election.

The election was between Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC) and Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) declared the results in only 14 states before the regime of former military president Ibrahim Babaginda annulled the exercise.

According to unofficial results, Tofa got a total of 5,952,087 (41.64%) of votes nationwide while Abiola, running on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), scored 8,341,309 (58.36%).

The total vote cast was 14,293,396. Abiola won 19 of the 30 states, leaving Tofa with 11 states.

STATE	NUMBER OF NRC VOTES	PERCENTAGEOF VOTES FOR NRC	NUMBER OF SDP VOTES	PERCENTAGEOF VOTES FOR SDP	TOTALVOTES	WINNER
Abuja (FCT)*	18,313	47.84	19,968	52.16	256,500	ABIOLA
Abia*	151,227	58.96	105,273	41.04	334,490	TOFA
Adamawa	167,239	54.28	140,875	45.72	414,129	TOFA
Akwa Ibom*	199,342	48.14	214,787	51.86	371,288	ABIOLA
Anambra*	159,258	42.89	212,024	57.11	847,274	ABIOLA
Bauchi	524,836	60.73	339,339	39.27	406,132	TOFA
Benue	186,302	43.06	246,830	56.94	282,180	ABIOLA
Borno*	128,684	45.60	153,496	54.40	342,755	ABIOLA
Cross River	153,452	44.77	189,303	55.23	472,278	ABIOLA
Delta	145,001	30.70	327,277	69.30	308,979	ABIOLA
Edo*	103,572	33.52	205,407	66.48	427,190	ABIOLA
Enugu	284,050	51.91	263,101	48.09	349,902	TOFA
Imo	195,836	55.14	159,350	44.86	228,388	TOFA
Jigawa	89,836	39.33	138,552	60.67	726,573	ABIOLA
Kaduna*	356,860	47.80	389,713	52.20	324,428	ABIOLA
Kano*	154,809	47.72	169,619	52.28	442,176	ABIOLA
Katsina	271,077	61.30	171,162	38.70	286,974	TOFA
Kebbi	144,808	67.34	70,219	32.66	488,492	TOFA
Kogi*	265,732	54.40	222,760	45.60	352,479	TOFA
Kwara	80,209	22.78	272,270	77.24	1,033,397	ABIOLA
Lagos	149,432	14.46	883,865	85.54	357,787	ABIOLA
Niger*	221,437	61.90	136,350	38.10	484,971	TOFA
Ogun*	59,246	12.22	425,725	87.78	964,018	ABIOLA
Ondo	162,994	15.58	883,024	84.42	437,334	ABIOLA
Osun	72,068	16.48	365,266	83.52	641,799	ABIOLA
Oyo*	105,788	16.48	536,011	83.52	676,959	ABIOLA
Plateau*	259,394	38.32	417,565	61.68	1,026,824	ABIOLA
Rivers	640,973	63.37	370,578	36.63	469,986	TOFA
Sokoto	372,250	79.21	97,726	20.79	469,986	TOFA
Taraba	64,001	38.58	101,887	61.42	176,054	ABIOLA
Yobe	64,061	38.41	11,887	63.59	38,281	ABIOLA

*States in which results were released. The results were released in 14 states only.

Source: Nigerian History Channels