2011 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State

The 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State was held on April 9, 2011, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Benue State. Barnabas Andyar Gemade representing Benue North East and David Mark representing Benue South won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while George Akume representing Benue North West won on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Overview

Affiliation	Party		Total
	PDP	ACN
Before Election			3
After Election	2	1	3

Summary

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected Senator	Party
Benue North East			Barnabas Andyar Gemade	PDP
Benue South			David Mark	PDP
Benue North West			George Akume	ACN

Results

Benue North East

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Barnabas Andyar Gemade won the election, defeating other party candidates. [6] ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Barnabas Andyar Gemade
Total votes
	PDP hold

Benue South

Peoples Democratic Party candidate David Mark won the election, defeating other party candidates. [11] ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	David Mark
Total votes
	PDP hold

Benue North West

Action Congress of Nigeria candidate George Akume won the election, defeating other party candidates. [16] ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ACN	George Akume
Total votes
	ACN hold

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