2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election

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2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election
 201111 April 2015 2019  
 
Nominee Akinwunmi Ambode Jimi Agbaje Bolaji Ogunseye
Party APC PDP Alliance For Democracy (Nigeria)
Running mateIdiat Oluranti AdebuleSafurat AbdulkareemOmolola Olorunnishola
Popular vote811,994 659,7886,087
Percentage87.7710.650.86

governor before election

Babatunde Fashola
All Progressives Congress (APC)

Elected governor

Akinwunmi Ambode
APC

An election for Governor of Lagos State took place on 11 April 2015. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, who is a former accountant general of Lagos State, defeated People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje and Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate Bolaji Ogunseye. The governor and deputy governor are elected on the same ticket. [1]

Contents

APC primary

APC candidate Akinwunmi Ambode defeated 12 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 3,735 votes to defeat his closest rival, Obafemi Hamzat (who received 1,201 votes), and Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who came in a distant third with 182 votes. [2]

Candidates

Results

APC primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Akinwunmi Ambode 3,735 66.44
APC Obafemi Hamzat1,20121.04
APC Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon2724.76
APC Adeyemi Ikuforiji1823.18
APC Supo Shasore1212.12
APC Lekan Pitan1121.96
APC Tola Kasali681.19
APC Adekunle Disu90.15
APC Tokunbo Wahab7012
APC Lanre Ope00
APC Abayomi Sutton00
APC Tokunbo Agbesanwa00
Total votes5,707 100

PDP primary

Candidates

Results

PDP primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
PDP Jimi Agbaje 434 50
PDP Musiliu Obanikoro 34639.86
PDP Tokunbo Kamson 465.29
PDP Deji Doherty 212.41
PDP Babatunde Gbadamosi 212.41
Total votes868 100

General election

Results

Lagos State gubernatorial election, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
APC Akinwunmi Ambode 811,994 54.94
PDP Jimi Agbaje 659,78844.64
Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)Bolaji Ogunseye6,0870.41
Majority904,20677.12
Turnout 1477869
APC hold Swing

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