2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2011 Lagos gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2011
Next Election:2019 Lagos gubernatorial election
Next Year:2019
Election Date:11 April 2015
Nominee1:Akinwunmi Ambode
Running Mate1:Idiat Oluranti Adebule
Party1:All Progressives Congress
Popular Vote1:811,994
Percentage1:54.94
Nominee2:Jimi Agbaje
Running Mate2:Safurat Abdulkareem
Party2:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Popular Vote2:659,788
Percentage2:44.64
governor
Before Election:Babatunde Fashola
Before Party:All Progressives Congress
After Election:Akinwunmi Ambode
After Party:All Progressives Congress

An election for Governor of Lagos State took place on 11 April 2015. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, who is a former accountant general of Lagos State, defeated People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje and Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate Bolaji Ogunseye. The governor and deputy governor are elected on the same ticket.[1]

APC primary

APC candidate Akinwunmi Ambode defeated 12 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 3,735 votes to defeat his closest rival, Obafemi Hamzat (who received 1,201 votes), and Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who came in a distant third with 182 votes.

Candidates

Results

PDP primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Admin . Ambode Wins Lagos Gubernatorial Election/ . Daily Post . 16 February 2019.