The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Zamfara State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide

2023 Nigerian presidential election The 2023 Nigerian presidential election will be held on 25 February 2023 to elect the President and Vice President. Incumbent APC President Muhammadu Buhari is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term. Other federal elections, ...

to elect the

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and

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of Nigeria. Other federal elections, including elections to the

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and the Senate, will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.

Background

Zamfara State Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara Fula: Leydi Zamfara 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current Governor is Bello Matawalle. Until 1996, the area was ...

is highly populated northwestern state mainly inhabited by ethnic Hausas and Fulanis. In the years before the election, the state was beset by the bandit conflict along with herder–farmer clashes and the nationwide kidnapping epidemic as bandits raid entire towns, kidnap school children, and attack motorists. Politically, the 2019 elections were initially a continuation of the state APC's dominance as the party's presidential nominee

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 A ...

won the state by over 50% and the party won all three senate seats while also sweeping the House of Representatives elections. On the state level, the APC also

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its House of Assembly majority and its gubernatorial nominee—

Mukhtar Shehu Idris Mukhtar Shehu Idris (born April 4, 1974) is a Nigerian administrator and politician. He was the Governor-elect of Zamfara State in the 2019 gubernatorial election under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). Five days to his inauguratio ...

—won the

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by a wide margin. However, right before inaugurations, the Supreme Court ruled that the Zamfara APC did not hold valid primaries and thus all of its candidates—other than Buhari, who was nominated nationally—were disqualified.

Polling

Projections

General election

Results

By senatorial district

The results of the election by senatorial district.

By federal constituency

The results of the election by federal constituency.

By local government area

The results of the election by local government area.

Notes

References

{{Nigerian state and local elections Zamfara State gubernatorial election 2023 Zamfara State elections Zamfara