2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election

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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]

Contents

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]

CandidateParty
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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