2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election

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2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election
  2003 14 April 2007 2011  
 
Nominee Ibrahim Shema Abu Ibrahim
Party PDP ANPP
Running mateSurajo Umar Damari
Popular vote1,185,489218,302

Governor before election

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
PDP

Elected Governor

Ibrahim Shema
PDP

The 2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election occurred on 14 April 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] PDP candidate Ibrahim Shema won the election, defeating ANPP Abu Ibrahim and other candidates. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Results

Ibrahim Shema from the PDP won the election. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] He defeated Abu Ibrahim of the ANPP and others. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,589,047. [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]

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