2011 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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2011 Oyo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Abiola Ajimobi Christopher Alao-Akala
Party ACN PDP
Popular vote420,852387,132
Governor before election

Christopher Alao-Akala
PDP

Elected Governor

Abiola Ajimobi
ACN

The 2011 Oyo State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Oyo State. Held on April 26, 2011, the Action Congress of Nigeria nominee Abiola Ajimobi won the election, defeating Christopher Alao-Akala of the People's Democratic Party. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Results

A total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Abiola Ajimobi from the Action Congress of Nigeria won the election, defeating Christopher Alao-Akala from the People's Democratic Party. Registered voters was 2,651,842, valid votes was 1,125,090. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

2011 Oyo State gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ACN Abiola Ajimobi 420,85237.41
PDP Christopher Alao-Akala 387,13234.41
ACN hold

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