2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election

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2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari Farouk Bello Bunza
Party PDP ANPP
Running mateIbrahim Aliyu
Popular vote469,595134,553
Governor before election

Adamu Aliero
ANPP

Elected Governor

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

The 2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating ANPP Farouk Bello Bunza and other 6 candidates. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Results

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] He defeated Farouk Bello Bunza of the ANPP. [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] 8 candidates contested in the election. [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,345,436. [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]

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