2011 Nigerian Senate elections in Yobe State

The 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State was held on April 9, 2011, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Yobe State. Bukar Ibrahim representing Yobe East, Ahmad Lawan representing Yobe North and Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere representing Yobe South all won on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party.[1][2][3][4][5]

Overview
Affiliation Party Total
ANPP PDP
Before Election 2 1 3
After Election 3 0 3

Summary
District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Yobe East Bukar Ibrahim ANPP Bukar Ibrahim ANPP
Yobe North Ahmad Lawan ANPP Ahmad Lawan ANPP
Yobe South Adamu Garba Talba PDP Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere ANPP

Results

Yobe East

All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate Bukar Ibrahim won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Lawan Jaro Zarami and other party candidates.[6]

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State
Party Candidate Votes %
ANPP Bukar Ibrahim
PDP Lawan Jaro Zarami
Total votes
ANPP hold

Yobe North

All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate Ahmad Lawan won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Hassan Kafayos Husseini and other party candidates.

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State
Party Candidate Votes %
ANPP Ahmad Lawan
PDP Hassan Kafayos Husseini
Total votes
ANPP hold

Yobe South

All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Adamu Garba Talba and other party candidates.

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State
Party Candidate Votes %
ANPP Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere
PDP Adamu Garba
Total votes
ANPP hold

References
  1. "Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2011" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-14.
  2. "INEC RESULT SHEET YOBE STATE SENATORIAL ELECTIONS 2011". Archived from the original on 2021-06-04.
  3. "IPU PARLINE database: NIGERIA (Senate), ELECTIONS IN 2011". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. "Nigeria Senate Elections Set for Saturday for Most of Country | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  5. "When people's vote counted". Vanguard News. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  6. "Senators From 1999 Till Date -". 2020-12-02. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
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