2011 Kebbi State gubernatorial election

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2011 Kebbi State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari Abubakar Abubakar
Party PDP CPC
Running mateIbrahim Aliyu
Popular vote559,424326,482
Governor before election

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

Elected Governor

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

The 2011 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 26, 2011. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari emerged PDP's candidate in the primary election. He picked Ibrahim Aliyu as his running mate. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Abubakar Abubakar was CPC candidate, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki was ACN candidate. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Results

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election defeating other 14 candidates. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,636,308, total votes cast was 1,020,899, valid votes was 965,101 and rejected votes was 55,798. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

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