Abuja Council poll: Final results of AMAC Chairmanship election 2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the 2026 AMAC Chairmanship election.

Announcing the results at the collation centre, the AMAC Collation Officer, Prof. Andrew Abue, said Maikalangu secured the highest number of votes cast, polling 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes recorded in the election.

According to the official results, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Dr. Moses Paul (Dr Mo), emerged second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate polled 3,398 votes to place third.

Prof. Abue disclosed that 2,336 votes were rejected, bringing the total number of votes cast to 65,197, while 65,676 voters were accredited out of the 837,338 registered voters in AMAC.

“That Christopher Maikalangu of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Abue announced.

Full Results by Political Parties

INEC released the detailed breakdown of votes scored by the 16 political parties and their candidates who contested the election:

• Accord (A) — Agbon Vaniah: 403 votes

• Action Alliance (AA) — Nemiebika Tamonumiesam: 108 votes

• African Democratic Congress (ADC) — Dr. Moses Paul: 12,109 votes

• Action Democratic Party (ADP) — Richard Elizabeth: 588 votes

• All Progressives Congress (APC) — Christopher Maikalangu: 40,295 votes

• All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — Eze Chukwu: 1,111 votes

• Allied Peoples Movement (APM) — Chukwu Promise: 122 votes

• Action Peoples Party (APP) — Ugoh Michael: 32 votes

• Boot Party (BP) — Thomas Happiness: 43 votes

• New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — Jibrin Alhassan: 1,694 votes

• National Rescue Movement (NRM) — Samson Usani: 73 votes

• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — Dantani Zanda: 3,398 votes

• Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) — Iber Shimakaha: 90 votes

• Social Democratic Party (SDP) — Simon Obinna: 2,185 votes

• Young Progressives Party (YPP) — Madaki Robert: 421 votes

• Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) — Swani Buba: 189 votes