The Returning Officer, Prof. Ishaya Dauda, who declared the result in Kafanchan on Sunday, said Kalat polled 26, 640 votes, to defeat his closest rival Mr Sambo Maigari of the All Progressives Congress, who got 22, 371 votes.
He explained that a total of 56, 472 voters were accredited out of the 173, 846 registered voters in the constituency.