2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election

2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election

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Nominee Murtala Nyako Joel Madaki Party PDP Action Congress of Nigeria Running mate Bala James Ngilari

Governor before election Murtala Nyako PDP Elected Governor Murtala Nyako PDP

The 2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election occurred on April 26, 2008. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Incumbent PDP Governor Murtala Nyako won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ACN candidate to emerge winner. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Murtala Nyako emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Bala James Ngilari. ^[21]

Electoral system

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

Results

There were 12 parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election. ^[2] The two main contenders were PDP Governor Murtala Nyako, who won the contest, and ACN's Markus Gundiri, who follows closely. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

Candidate		Party
	Murtala Nyako	People's Democratic Party (PDP)
	Markus Gundiri	Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
	Joel Madaki	Labour Party (Nigeria) (LP)
	Others
Total
Source: Online Nigeria [2]

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