2015 Imo State gubernatorial election explained
Election Name: | 2015 Imo State gubernatorial election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Election Date: | April 11, 2015 |
Governor |
Nominee1: | Rochas Okorocha |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Popular Vote1: | 416,996 |
Nominee2: | Emeka Ihedioha |
Party2: | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Popular Vote2: | 320,705 |
Before Election: | Rochas Okorocha |
Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
After Election: | Rochas Okorocha |
After Party: | All Progressives Congress |
The 2015 Imo State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Imo State.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Held on April 11, 2015 and April 25, 2015 due to inconclusive, the All Progressives Congress nominee Rochas Okorocha won the election, defeating Emeka Ihedioha of the People's Democratic Party.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]
APC primary
APC candidate, Rochas Okorocha clinched the party ticket.[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] The APC primary election was held in 2014.[49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61]
PDP primary
PDP candidate, Emeka Ihedioha clinched the party ticket.[62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] The PDP primary election was held in 2014.[76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89]
Results
A total of 22 candidates contested in the election.[90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] Rochas Okorocha from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Emeka Ihedioha from the People's Democratic Party. Valid votes was 782,528, votes cast was 806,764.[110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128]
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