Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has won the presidential election in Lagos state.
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He defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state.
Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.
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APC: 572, 606
LP: 582, 354
NNPP: 8442
PDP: 75 750
SDP: 772
Accredited voters: 1,347152
Total Valid votes: 1271451
Rejected votes: 64278
Total votes cast: 1,335729