1979 Kaduna State gubernatorial election

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1979 Kaduna State gubernatorial election
July 28, 1979 1983  →
 
Nominee Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa Lawal Kaita
Party PRP NPN
Running mate Abba Musa Rimi
Popular vote560,252551,252
Percentage45.14%44.42%
Governor before election

Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa
Nigerian military junta

Elected Governor

Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa
PRP

The 1979 Kaduna State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. [1] PRP's Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa won election for a first term to become Kaduna State's first executive governor leading by 45.14%, defeating NPN's Lawal Kaita who got 44.42% and the GNPP candidate with 10.44%, in the contest. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Contents

Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa emerged the PRP flag bearer in the primary election. His running mate was Abba Musa Rimi. [16] [17]

Electoral system

The Governor of Kaduna State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Results

Three of the five political parties registered by the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) participated in the election. Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa of the PRP won the contest by polling 45.14% of the votes, and was closely followed NPN's candidate, Lawal Kaita. There were 3,420,839 registered electorates. The total votes cast was 1,241,437. [2] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa People's Redemption Party (PRP)560,25245.14
National Party of Nigeria (NPN)551,25244.42
Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP)129,58010.44
Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
Nigerian People's Party (NPP)
Total1,241,084100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,420,839–
Source: Africa Spectrum, [2] JILI [18]

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