2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election

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2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election
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Nominee Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari Abubakar Abubakar
Party PDP CPC
Running mateIbrahim Aliyu
Popular vote875,49217,918
Governor before election

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

Elected Governor

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
PDP

The 2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election occurred on March 31, 2012. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Abubakar Abubakar was CPC candidate, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki was ACN candidate. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Results

Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election defeating other 14 candidates. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

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