2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election

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2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election
Flag of Akwa Ibom State.svg
  2011 April 11, 2015 2019  
 
Nominee Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Umana Umana
Party PDP APC
Running mate Moses Ekpo Ben Ukpong
Popular vote996,07189,865

Governor before election

Godswill Akpabio
APC

Elected Governor

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
PDP

The 2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015, the PDP nominee Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the election, defeating Umana Umana of the APC. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 1,201 votes and defeating his closest rival, Okpolupm Etteh, who received 38 votes. He picked Moses Ekpo as his running mate. [8] [9] [10] [11] Umana Umana was the PDP candidate with Ben Ukpong as his running mate. [12] 14 candidates contested in the election. [13]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on December 8, 2014. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the primary election polling 1,201 votes against 22 other candidates. His closest rival was Okpolupm Etteh, who came second with 38 votes, Helen Esuene scored 12 votes, Effiong Abia scored 4 votes, Nsima Ekere scored 4 votes, while scored 2 votes, while Benjamin Okoko and Isangedighi Jerome got 1 votes each. [14] [8] [9] [15] [16] [10] [17] [18] [19]

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on December 4, 2014. Umana Umana emerged APC flag bearer after defeating Sam Ewang, Emmanuel Ekpenyong and John James Akpanudoedeghe. [14]

Results

A total number of 14 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,548,531, while 1,158,624 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 1,122,836, while number of valid votes was 1,110,580. Rejected votes were 12,256.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel People's Democratic Party 996,07189.69
Umana Umana All Progressives Congress 89,8658.09
Other candidates24,6442.22
Total1,110,580100.00
Valid votes1,110,58098.91
Invalid/blank votes12,2561.09
Total votes1,122,836100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,548,53172.51
Source: The Nation

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