The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Lagos State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the

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to represent

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Ben ...

. Solomon Olamilekan Adeola representing Lagos West,

Oluremi Tinubu Oluremi Tinubu (born 21 September 1960) is a Nigerian politician who served as the first lady of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and is currently a senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the Nigerian National Assembly. She is a ...

representing Lagos Central. The late Osinowo Sikiru Adebayo represented Lagos East but his

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brought Tokunbo Abiru to replace him after a bye-election in 2020. All won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.

Overview

Summary

Results

Lagos West

A total of 23 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. APC candidate Solomon Olamilekan Adeola won the election, defeating PDP candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and 8 other party candidates. Adeola received 41.38% of the votes, while Rhodes-Vivour received 39.40%.

Lagos Central

A total of 14 candidates registered with the

to contest in the election. APC candidate Oluremi Tinubu won the election, defeating PDP candidate Onitiri David and 12 other party candidates. Tinubu received 58.03% of the votes, while Onitiri received 39.25%.

Lagos East

A total of 17 candidates registered with the

to contest in the election. APC candidate Osinowo Sikiru Adebayo won the election, defeating PDP candidate Oyefusi Abiodun Adetola and 15 other party candidates. Osinowo received 59.21% of the votes, while Oyefusi received 36.69%.

2020 Bye election

A bye election was held on 5 December 2020 in the Lagos East Senatorial District due to a vacancy following the demise of

Bayo Osinowo Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo (28 November 1955 – 15 June 2020) also known as Pepper was a Nigerian businessman and politician. Osinowo was a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Until his death, he was Senator representing Lagos East at the ...

. Tokunbo Abiru of APC contested against

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of PDP. They totalled 89,204 and 11,257 votes respectively. Abiru was declared the winner by INEC.

References

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