Election Name: | 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election |
Flag Image: | File:Seal of Nasarawa State.svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Election Date: | March 9, 2019 |
Turnout: | 42.12% |
Nominee1: | Abdullahi Sule |
Running Mate1: | Emmanuel Akabe |
Party1: | All Progressives Congress |
Popular Vote1: | 327,229 |
Percentage1: | 48.78% |
Nominee2: | David Ombugadu |
Running Mate2: | Ogoshi Onawo |
Party2: | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) |
Popular Vote2: | 184,281 |
Percentage2: | 27.47% |
Image3: | APGA |
Nominee3: | Labaran Maku |
Party3: | All Progressives Grand Alliance |
Popular Vote3: | 132,784 |
Percentage3: | 19.79% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Umaru Tanko Al-Makura |
Before Party: | All Progressives Congress |
After Election: | Abdullahi Sule |
After Party: | All Progressives Congress |
The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate.[31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP.[40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] 29 candidates contested in the election.[52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65]
The Governor of Nasarawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.
The APC primary election was held on September 28, 2018.[66] Abdullahi Sule won the primary election polling 926 votes against 10 other candidates. His closest rival was Aliyu Wadada, a house of representatives member in the state who came second with 519 votes, while Silas Ali Agara, the incumbent governor in the state came third with 352 votes.[67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78]
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. David Ombugadu won the primary election polling 745 votes against 3 other candidates.[79] [80] [81] [82] [83] His closest rival was Solomon Ewuga, a former senator who came second with 519 votes, Philip Gyunka, a serving senator came third with 123 votes, while Dameshi Luka, a former deputy governor polled 18 votes.[84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93]
A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,617,786 while 686,303 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 681,400, while number of valid votes was 670,879. Rejected votes were 10,521.[94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [3]
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 670,878 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election.
Blue represents LGAs won by Abdullahi Sule. Green represents LGAs won by David Ombugadu.LGA | Abdullahi SuleAPC | David OmbugaduPDP | Total Votes | ||||||||
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% | % | ||||||||||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Wamba | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 15,706 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 9,332 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Awe | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 29,443 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 9,228 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Keana | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 11,759 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 6,579 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Toto | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 32,213 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 8,590 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Kokona | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 23,027 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 18,971 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | Doma | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | 10,029 | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | 10,318 | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Keffi | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 25,589 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 12,419 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Obi | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 20,640 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 17,951 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Nasarawa | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 31,586 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 17,406 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Karu | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 23,207 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 21,967 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Akwanga | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 21,968 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 18,402 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | Eggon | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | 11,611 | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | 14,290 | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | bgcolor=#90EE90 align="center" | |||
bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | Lafia | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 70,451 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | 18,827 | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | bgcolor=#87BEEB align="center" | |||
Totals | 327,229 | 184,281 | 670,878 |