The 2011 Lagos State gubernatorial election was the seventh gubernatorial election of

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...

. Held on 26 April 2011, the

Action Congress of Nigeria The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), formerly known as Action Congress (AC), was a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of a faction of Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several othe ...

nominee Babatunde Fashola won the election, defeating Shamsideen Adegboye of the

People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ...

Results

A total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Babatunde Fashola from the

won the election, defeating Shamsideen Adegboye from the

. Valid votes was 1,862,513.

References

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