2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election

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2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
Seal of Nasarawa State.svg
  2015 March 9, 2019 2023  
Turnout42.12%
 
PDP
APGA
Nominee Abdullahi Sule David Ombugadu Labaran Maku
Party APC PDP APGA
Running mateEmmanuel AkabeOgoshi Onawo
Popular vote327,229184,281132,784
Percentage48.78%27.47%19.79%

Governor before election

Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
APC

Elected Governor

Abdullahi Sule
APC

The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Contents

Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP. [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] 29 candidates contested in the election. [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on September 28, 2018. [66] Abdullahi Sule won the primary election polling 926 votes against 10 other candidates. His closest rival was Aliyu Wadada, a house of representatives member in the state who came second with 519 votes, while Silas Ali Agara, the incumbent governor in the state came third with 352 votes. [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78]

Candidates

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. David Ombugadu won the primary election polling 745 votes against 3 other candidates. [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] His closest rival was Solomon Ewuga, a former senator who came second with 519 votes, Philip Gyunka, a serving senator came third with 123 votes, while Dameshi Luka, a former deputy governor polled 18 votes. [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93]

Candidates

Results

A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [52]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,617,786 while 686,303 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 681,400, while number of valid votes was 670,879. Rejected votes were 10,521. [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [3]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdullahi Sule All Progressives Congress 327,22948.78
David Ombugadu People's Democratic Party 184,28127.47
Labaran Maku All Progressives Grand Alliance 132,78419.79
Ibio Umar Aliyu Doma Zenith Labour Party 13,3071.98
Ishaq Ahmed Kana Social Democratic Party 7,4421.11
Suleiman Umaru Ajaja Action Democratic Party 1,3550.20
Zaggi Rabo Zakka African Democratic Congress 1,3190.20
Mustapha Momammed Alfa Allied Peoples Movement 7730.12
Tanko Malam Progressive Peoples Alliance 6790.10
Animiku Anthony KukumahAll Grassroots Alliance5260.08
Aliyu Danjuma DogaraNigeria For Democracy2580.04
Mohammed Ahmadu AdamuPeoples Party Of Nigeria1860.03
Ombugadu Victor Advanced Congress of Democrats 970.01
Sale Yahaya AlajiProvidence Peoples Congress850.01
Anjugu Abimku Moses Justice Must Prevail Party 820.01
Haruna Iliyasu ShauaibuIndependent Democrats790.01
Matthew Avre OmbugakuRe-Build Nigeria720.01
Mohammed Awwal Suleiman KOWA Party 490.01
Nyam Mark MaidaPeople's Trust460.01
Ismalia TaofiqDemocratic People's Congress380.01
Peter HelenMasses Movement of Nigeria380.01
Bako AhmedNon-constituency Member of Parliament330.00
Kreni Danju Mantani Young Progressives Party 330.00
Aba Joseph R.Alliance of Social Democrats280.00
Theohius Gyado MadakiChange Advocacy Party160.00
Mohammed Nazir AdamuGreen Party of Nigeria120.00
Cerrone Solo WaziriMass Action Joint Alliance Party120.00
Sale Yahaya Alaji People's Redemption Party 120.00
Khalid Shuaibu Mairiga Democratic Alternative 70.00
Total670,878100.00
Valid votes670,87898.46
Invalid/blank votes10,5211.54
Total votes681,399100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,617,78642.12
Source: INEC

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 670,878 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Abdullahi Sule. Green represents LGAs won by David Ombugadu.

LGAAbdullahi Sule

APC

David Ombugadu

PDP

Total Votes
#%#%#
Wamba 15,7069,332
Awe 29,4439,228
Keana 11,7596,579
Toto 32,2138,590
Kokona 23,02718,971
Doma 10,02910,318
Keffi 25,58912,419
Obi 20,64017,951
Nasarawa 31,58617,406
Karu 23,20721,967
Akwanga 21,96818,402
Eggon 11,61114,290
Lafia 70,45118,827
Totals327,229184,281670,878

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