In the final results collated and declared by INEC at the state collation center, the PDP won 14 LGAs, the Labour Party 7, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) only two.
Prof. Muhammad Zayyan Umar, the returning officer, announced the final results.
According to him, Atiku received 554,360 votes, 155,067 more than APC candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who received 399,293 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party received 294,494 votes, while Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) received 92,962 votes.
One million of the 4.3 million registered voters in Kaduna were accredited for the election.