2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election
Nominee1:Darius Ishaku
After Election:Darius Ishaku
Before Party:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Before Election:Danbaba Suntai
Popular Vote2:275,984
Party2:All Progressives Congress
Nominee2:Aisha Alhassan
Popular Vote1:369,318
Party1:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
Governor
Election Date:April 11, 2015
Next Year:2019
Next Election:2019
Previous Year:2011
Previous Election:2011
Ongoing:no
Type:presidential
After Party:People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The 2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Taraba State.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Held on April 11, 2015 and April 25, 2015 due to inconclusive, the People's Democratic Party nominee Darius Ishaku won the election, defeating Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

PDP primary

PDP candidate, Darius Ishaku clinched the party ticket.[39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] The PDP primary election was held in 2014.[53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66]

APC primary

APC candidate, Aisha Alhassan clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.[67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75]

Results

A total of 11 candidates contested in the election. Darius Ishaku from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Aisha Alhassan from the All Progressives Congress.[76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] Registered voters was 1,461,645, accredited voters was 787,516, votes cast was 681,166, 174,131 votes was cancelled. The winner, Darius Ishaku won by 93,334 votes.[86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96]

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