2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State

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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North, Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South and Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. [1] [2] [3] But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on 30 October 2019 sacked Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party replaced the sacked senator. [4]

Contents

Overview

AffiliationPartyTotal
APC PDP
Before Election303
After Election213

Summary

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
Sokoto North Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko APC Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko APC
Sokoto South Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba APC Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba PDP
Sokoto East Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir APC Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir APC

Results

Sokoto North

A total of 39 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] APC candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating PDP Ahmed Muhammad Maccido and 37 other party candidates. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko 172,980
PDP Ahmed Muhammad Maccido 138,922
Others5,794
Total votes317,696
APC hold

Sokoto South

A total of 31 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [23] [24] [25] APC candidate Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal won the election, defeating PDP Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba and 29 other party candidate. But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division sacked the APC candidate and replaced him with the PDP candidate as the rightful winner. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal 134,204
PDP Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba 112,546
Others3,089
Total votes249,839
APC hold

Sokoto East

A total of 32 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir won the election, defeating PDP Maidaji Salihu and 30 other party candidate. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
PartyCandidateVotes%
APC Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir 170,665
PDP Maidaji Salihu140,322
Others3,752
Total votes314,739
APC hold

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