2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State

The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Benue State. Barnabas Andyar Gemade representing Benue North East and George Akume representing Benue North West won on the platform of All Progressives Congress, while David Mark representing Benue South won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.[1][2]

Overview
Affiliation Party Total
APC PDP
Before Election 3
After Election 2 1 3

Summary
District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Benue North East Barnabas Andyar Gemade APC
Benue North West George Akume APC
Benue South David Mark PDP

Results

Benue North East

All Progressives Congress candidate Barnabas Andyar Gemade won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Gabriel Suswam and other party candidates.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Barnabas Andyar Gemade
PDP Gabriel Suswam
Total votes
APC hold

Benue North West

All Progressives Congress candidate George Akume won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Mike Mku and other party candidates.[4][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC George Akume
PDP Mike Mku
Total votes
APC hold

Benue South

Peoples Democratic Party candidate David Mark won the election, defeating All Progressives Congress candidate Daniel Onjeh and other party candidates.[4][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP David Mark
APC Daniel Onjeh
Total votes
PDP hold

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