The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has been declared the winner of all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats in the state.

Chairman, Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi made the declaration while announcing the results of the local government election.

Malumfashi said NNPP defeated five other political parties that took part in the council poll held across the 484 political wards in the state.

The parties that took part in the process include the African Alliance, AA; Accord Party, AP; African Democratic Congress, ADC; African Progressives Movement, APM and AAC.

According to the KANSIEC boss, the Saturday council poll was held in a conducive atmosphere where the electorates turned out en mass to exercise their franchise.

Malumfashi said KANSIEC recorded a peaceful process across all the polling units, adding that there was no record of violence or any form of electoral inadequacies.