2011 Katsina State gubernatorial election

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2011 Katsina State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Ibrahim Shema Aminu Bello Masari
Party PDP CPC
Running mateAbdullahi FaskariAhmed Usman El-Marzuq
Popular vote1,029,912555,769
Governor before election

Ibrahim Shema
PDP

Elected Governor

Ibrahim Shema
PDP

The 2011 Katsina State gubernatorial election occurred on 26 April 2011. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] PDP candidate Ibrahim Shema won the election, defeating CPC Aminu Bello Masari and 8 other candidates. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Ibrahim Shema emerged PDP's candidate in the primary election. He picked Abdullahi Faskari as his running mate. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

Aminu Bello Masari was CPC candidate, Usman Mohammad Bugaje was ACN candidate. Hasimu Lawal Jobe was ANPP candidate. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

Results

Ibrahim Shema from the PDP won the election defeating other 9 candidates. [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 3,126,898, valid votes was 1,622,063. [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65]

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