2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

The 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015. APC candidate Bindo Jibrilla won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the SDP.[1][2][3]

2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election
April 11, 2015
 
Nominee Bindo Jibrilla Markus Gundiri
Party PDP Social Democratic
Running mate Martins Babale
Popular vote 362,329 181,806
Governor before election

Murtala Nyako
PDP

 Elected Governor

Bindo Jibrilla
APC

Bindo Jibrilla emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,718 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji who received 2,268 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the SDP candidate.[4][5] 8 candidates contested in the election.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Electoral system

The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.[1]

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on December 4, 2014. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 5 other candidates. His closest rival was Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji, who came second with 2,268 votes, Mustapha scored 515 votes, Ahmed Barata scored 452 votes, while Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively.[2]

Results

A total number of 8 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[3]

Total number of votes cast was 706,092, while number of valid votes was 684,050. Rejected votes were 27,790.[4]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bindo JibrillaAll Progressives Congress362,32944.41
Markus GundiriSocial Democratic Party181,80622.28
Nuhu RibaduPeople's Democratic Party98,91712.12
Ahmed ModibboPeople's Democratic Movement32,9854.04
Other candidates139,91517.15
Total815,952100.00
Valid votes815,95296.71
Invalid/blank votes27,7903.29
Total votes843,742100.00
Source: Thenationonlineng

References
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