The 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015. APC candidate

Bindo Jibrilla Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla (born 16 June 1963), also known as Bindow Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman who became the candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the 9 April 2011 Senatorial election for the Adamawa North district, and went on t ...

won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the SDP.

emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,718 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji who received 2,268 votes. He picked

Martins Babale Martins Babale (born January 1, 1959) is a Nigerian politician. He is the Deputy governor of Adamawa State. He was elected into office in 2015 alongside Bindo Jibrilla, Bindo Umaru Jibrilla. References

1959 births Living people People fr ...

as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the SDP candidate. 8 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The

Governor of Adamawa State This is a list of administrators and Governors of Adamawa State, Nigeria, which was formed on 1991-08-27 when Gongola State was divided into Adamawa and Taraba states. See also *Nigeria * States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria ...

is elected using the

plurality voting system Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...

APC primary

The APC

primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

was held on December 4, 2014.

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (born October 27, 1967) is a Nigerian politician and the current Governor of Adamawa State. He was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and was appointed the Speaker of the House. He became the acting Governor of A ...

won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 5 other candidates. His closest rival was Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji, who came second with 2,268 votes, Mustapha scored 515 votes, Ahmed Barata scored 452 votes, while Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively.

Results

A total number of 8 candidates registered with the

Independent National Electoral Commission The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was established in 1998 and is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria. History Regulation and administration of elections The administration of democratic elections in Nige ...

to contest in the election. Total number of votes cast was 706,092, while number of valid votes was 684,050. Rejected votes were 27,790.

References

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