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The 2015 Zamfara State gubernatorial election was the 5th gubernatorial election of Zamfara State. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Held on April 11, 2015, the All Progressives Congress nominee Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari won the election, defeating Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi of the People's Democratic Party. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
APC candidate, Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014. [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]
PDP candidate, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi clinched the party ticket. [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] The PDP primary election was held in 2014. [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76]
A total of 20 candidates contested in the election. Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi from the People's Democratic Party. [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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APC | Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari | 716,964 | |||
PDP | Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi | 201,938 | |||
APC hold |