2014 Ekiti State gubernatorial election

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2014 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Ayo Fayose Kayode Fayemi
Party PDP APC
Running mate Kolapo Olushola
Popular vote203,090120,433
Governor before election

Kayode Fayemi
APC

Elected Governor

Ayo Fayose
PDP

The 2014 Ekiti State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 21 June 2014, the PDP nominee Ayo Fayose won election, defeating Kayode Fayemi of the APC. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Ayo Fayose emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 462 votes and defeating his closest rival, Caleb Olubolade, who received 7 votes, Dayo Adeyeye came third with 3 votes and Modupe Ogundipe had 1 vote. He picked Kolapo Olushola as his running mate. [6] [7] Kayode Fayemi was the APC candidate. 14 candidates contested in the election. [8] [9]

Electoral system

The Governor of Ekiti State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on 22 March 2014. Ayo Fayose won the primary election polling 462 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival, Caleb Olubolade, had 7 votes, Dayo Adeyeye came third with 3 votes and Modupe Ogundipe received 1 vote. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on 13 April 2014. Kayode Fayemi won the primary election polling 192,767 votes against other candidates who participated. [15]

Results

A total number of 14 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [16] [17] [18] [19]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ayo Fayose People's Democratic Party 203,09058.58
Kayode Fayemi All Progressives Congress 120,43334.74
Bamidele Michael Opeyemi Labour Party 18,1355.23
Progressive Peoples Alliance 1,0500.30
Convention People's Party 9670.28
People For Democratic Change9210.27
Alliance for Democracy 8430.24
National Conscience Party 3220.09
Accord 2680.08
KOWA Party 2220.06
Action Alliance 1460.04
MPPP1370.04
United Democratic Party670.02
Social Democratic Party 650.02
Total346,666100.00
Source: Vanguard

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