2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

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2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Bindo Jibrilla
Party PDP APC
Running mate Crowther Seth Martins Babale
Popular vote376,552336,386
Governor before election

Bindo Jibrilla
APC

Elected Governor

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
PDP

The 2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on March 9, 2019. PDP candidate Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the election, defeating Bindo Jibrilla of the APC. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 1,656 votes and defeating his closest rival, Mohammed Jameel who received 465 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate. Bindo Jibrilla was the APC candidate with Crowther Seth as his running mate. [5] [6] 29 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. [7] [8] [9] Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 4 other candidates. [10] [11] [12] His closest rival was Mohammed Jameel, who came second with 465 votes, Bala Ngilari scored 78 votes, Aliyu Umar scored 8 votes, while Garba Dankani had 1 vote. [13] [14] [15]

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on October 4, 2018. [16] [17] [18] Bindo Jibrilla won the primary election polling 193,656 votes against 2 other candidates. [19] [20] [21] His closest rival was Halilu Ahmed who came second with 15,738 votes, while Malam Nuhu Ribadu came third with 8,364 votes. [22] [23]

Results

A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,973,083, while 905,346 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 899,097, while number of valid votes was 871,307. Rejected votes were 27,790.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri People's Democratic Party 376,55243.22
Bindo Jibrilla All Progressives Congress 336,38638.61
Other candidates158,36918.18
Total871,307100.00
Valid votes871,30796.91
Invalid/blank votes27,7903.09
Total votes899,097100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,973,08345.57
Source: ThisDayLive

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 871,307 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Blue represents LGAs won by Bindo Jibrilla. [24]

LGAAhmadu Umaru Fintiri

PDP

Bindo Jibrilla

APC

Total Votes
#%#%#
Girei 6,93815,171
Yola South 18,25722,129
Song 25,15117,845
Lamurde 20,13810,182
Fufore 17,52921,972
Hong 26,55621,407
Shelleng 11,37715,944
Ganye 17,99319,151
Guyuk 19,02212,504
Toungo 6,0186,564
Michika 25,61713,511
Madagali 17,6609,365
Numan 21,92211,642
Mubi North 17,56731,805
Mayo Belwa 19,89714,198
Yola North 24,38320,979
Mubi South 10,42019,825
Maiha 8,74514,939
Jada 20,07618,006
Demsa 22,03710,342
Gombi 12,9689,347
Totals376,552336,386871,307

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