2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State

The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Edo State. Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North won on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, while Matthew Urhoghide representing Edo South and Clifford Ordia representing Edo Central won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.[1]

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

Summary
District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Edo Central Odion Ugbesia PDP Clifford Ordia PDP
Edo South Ehigie Edobor Uzamere APC Matthew Urhoghide PDP
Edo North Domingo Alaba Obende APC Francis Alimikhena APC

Edo Central

The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Clifford Ordia won the election, defeating, APC candidate Francis Inegbeniki and other party candidates.[2]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Clifford Ordia - -
APC Francis Inegbenikiwe - -
PDP hold

Edo South

The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Matthew Urhoghide won the election, defeating, APC candidate Samson Osagie and other party candidates.[3]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Matthew Urhoghide - -
APC Samson Osagie - -
PDP hold

Edo North

The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Francis Alimikhena won the election, defeating the PDP candidate Paschal Ugbome and other party candidates.[4][5]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Francis Alimikhena - -
PDP Samson Osagie - -
APC hold

References
  1. "Election Centre". nigeriaelections.stearsng.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  2. "Senators From 1999 Till Date -". 2020-12-02. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. "PDP clinches Senate, House of Reps seats in Edo". Vanguard News. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  4. "LIST OF MEMBERS OF 8TH SENATE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-21.
  5. "INEC RESULT SHEET 2015 SENATE ELECTION". Archived from the original on 2021-06-25.
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