2015 Borno State gubernatorial election

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2015 Borno State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Kashim Shettima Gambo Lawan
Party APC PDP
Running mate Zannah Umar Mustapha
Popular vote649,91334,731
Percentage94.92%5.08%
Governor before election

Kashim Shettima
ANPP

Elected Governor

Kashim Shettima
APC

The 2015 Borno State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015. [1] [2] Incumbent Governor APC's Kashim Shettima won election for a second term, defeating PDP's Gambo Lawan and several minor party candidates. Shettima received 94.92% of the vote. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Kashim Shettima emerged unopposed in the APC gubernatorial primary after all the aspirants stepped down. He retained his deputy, Zannah Mustapha, as his running mate. [6] [7] [8]

Gambo Lawan was the PDP candidate.

Electoral system

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

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on in the evening of Friday, December 4, 2014, at the Elkanemi Sports Centre in Maiduguri, with a total of 4,520 delegates present from all wards of the state's 27 LGAs. Incumbent governor, Kashim Shettima, became the party's sole candidate after other aspirants stepped down for him days before. [9]

Candidates

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held in December 2014. Gambori Lawan emerged winner. [10] However, following a replacement of his name with that of Mohammed Imam, he filed a suit at a federal high court in Abuja, which ordered the party to return his name. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Candidates

Results

APC Governor Kashim Shettima won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Gambo Lawan and several minor party candidates. Shettima received 94.92% of the votes, while Lawan received 5.08%. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,407,777 [23] while the total number of votes cast was 690,182. [24]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kashim Shettima All Progressives Congress (APC)649,91394.93
Gambo Lawan People's Democratic Party (PDP)34,7315.07
Others
Total684,644100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,407,777–
Source: Stears [16]

By local government area

Here are the results of the election from 20 of the 27 local government areas of the state [25] [26] [27] for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Shettima. Green represents LGAs won by Lawan. [28] [29] [30]

CountyKashim Shettima

APC

Gambo Lawan

PDP

Total Votes
#%#%#
Abadam 7,07061
Askira/Uba 26,3132,023
Bayo 17,9681,985
Biu 51,621781
Damboa 36,808165
Dikwa 11,168210
Gubio 11,487107
Guzamala 8,36112
Gwoza 40,359723
Jere 62,0291,443
Kaga 10,414105
Kala/Balge 10,47468
Kukawa 12,486293
Kwaya Kusar 18,6781,620
Mafa 10,73459
Magumeri 10,038384
Marte 6,388301
Mobbar 6,979218
Monguno 9,84031
Nganzai 3,69674
Totals529,43017,574547,004

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