The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has eclipsed the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, in his home State of Edo.
Though it was narrow, the result was enough to enable Abubakar defeat the candidate of the APC for the poll, President Muhammadu Buhari.
He had 7,849 votes more than Buhari in the South South State.
The State Collation Officer for the Presidential Election, Prof. Ndowa Lale, announced at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Benin that Abubakar scored 275,691 votes, while Buhari scored 267,842 votes.
However, Buhari beat Abubakar in the number of councils won.
He won in 10, while Abubakar won in eight.
Lale, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, said the total number of registered voters in state was 2,150,127, while the total number of accredited voters was 604,915.
Lale noted that the number of valid votes was 560,711, while 38,517 votes were rejected.
He further said the total number of votes cast was 599,228.