2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State

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The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi representing Kwara North, Bukola Saraki representing Kwara Central and Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim representing Kwara South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. [1] [2]

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Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
APC PDP
Before Election3
After Election3–3

Summary

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
Kwara North Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi APC
Kwara Central Bukola Saraki APC
Kwara South Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim APC

Results

Kwara North

All Progressives Congress candidate Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Yahaya Yinusa and other party candidates. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi
PDP Yahaya Yinusa
Total votes
APC hold

Kwara Central

All Progressives Congress candidate Bukola Saraki won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and other party candidates. [4] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Bukola Saraki
PDP AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
Total votes
APC hold

Kwara South

All Progressives Congress candidate Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Lola Ashiru and other party candidates. [4] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
PDP Lola Ashiru
Total votes
APC hold

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