2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election

2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
March 9, 2019
Turnout42.12%
 
PDP
APGA
Nominee Abdullahi Sule David Ombugadu Labaran Maku
Party APC PDP APGA
Running mate Emmanuel Akabe Ogoshi Onawo
Popular vote 327,229 184,281 132,784
Percentage 48.78% 27.47% 19.79%
Governor before election

Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
APC

 Elected Governor

Abdullahi Sule
APC

The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP.[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] 29 candidates contested in the election.[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65]

Electoral system

The Governor of Nasarawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on September 28, 2018.[66] Abdullahi Sule won the primary election polling 926 votes against 10 other candidates. His closest rival was Aliyu Wadada, a house of representatives member in the state who came second with 519 votes, while Silas Ali Agara, the incumbent governor in the state came third with 352 votes.[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78]

Candidates
  • Party nominee: Abdullahi Sule: GMD of Dangote Sugar Company
  • Running mate: Emmanuel Akabe: former commissioner of health, Nasarawa State
  • Aliyu Wadada: House of Representatives member
  • Silas Ali Agara: incumbent deputy governor, Nasarawa State
  • Danladi Envu-luanza
  • Ibrahim Jafar
  • Zakari Idde
  • Dauda Kigbu
  • Shehu Tukur
  • Maikaya Mohammed
  • James Agbazon
  • Hassan Liman

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. David Ombugadu won the primary election polling 745 votes against 3 other candidates.[79][80][81][82][83] His closest rival was Solomon Ewuga, a former senator who came second with 519 votes, Philip Gyunka, a serving senator came third with 123 votes, while Dameshi Luka, a former deputy governor polled 18 votes.[84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93]

Candidates
  • Party nominee: David Ombugadu: Serving member of the house of representatives
  • Running mate: Ogoshi Onawo: Serving member of the federal house of representatives
  • Solomon Ewuga
  • Philip Gyunka
  • Dameshi Luka

Results

A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[52]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,617,786 while 686,303 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 681,400, while number of valid votes was 670,879. Rejected votes were 10,521.[94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][3]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdullahi SuleAll Progressives Congress327,22948.78
David OmbugaduPeople's Democratic Party184,28127.47
Labaran MakuAll Progressives Grand Alliance132,78419.79
Ibio Umar Aliyu DomaZenith Labour Party13,3071.98
Ishaq Ahmed KanaSocial Democratic Party7,4421.11
Suleiman Umaru AjajaAction Democratic Party1,3550.20
Zaggi Rabo ZakkaAfrican Democratic Congress1,3190.20
Mustapha Momammed AlfaAllied Peoples Movement7730.12
Tanko MalamProgressive Peoples Alliance6790.10
Animiku Anthony KukumahAll Grassroots Alliance5260.08
Aliyu Danjuma DogaraNigeria For Democracy2580.04
Mohammed Ahmadu AdamuPeoples Party Of Nigeria1860.03
Ombugadu VictorAdvanced Congress of Democrats970.01
Sale Yahaya AlajiProvidence Peoples Congress850.01
Anjugu Abimku MosesJustice Must Prevail Party820.01
Haruna Iliyasu ShauaibuIndependent Democrats790.01
Matthew Avre OmbugakuRe-Build Nigeria720.01
Mohammed Awwal SuleimanKOWA Party490.01
Nyam Mark MaidaPeople's Trust460.01
Ismalia TaofiqDemocratic People's Congress380.01
Peter HelenMasses Movement of Nigeria380.01
Bako AhmedNon-constituency Member of Parliament330.00
Kreni Danju MantaniYoung Progressives Party330.00
Aba Joseph R.Alliance of Social Democrats280.00
Theohius Gyado MadakiChange Advocacy Party160.00
Mohammed Nazir AdamuGreen Party of Nigeria120.00
Cerrone Solo WaziriMass Action Joint Alliance Party120.00
Sale Yahaya AlajiPeople's Redemption Party120.00
Khalid Shuaibu MairigaDemocratic Alternative70.00
Total670,878100.00
Valid votes670,87898.46
Invalid/blank votes10,5211.54
Total votes681,399100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,617,78642.12
Source: INEC

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 670,878 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Abdullahi Sule. Green represents LGAs won by David Ombugadu.

LGA Abdullahi Sule

APC

 David Ombugadu

PDP

 Total Votes
# % # % #
Wamba 15,706 9,332
Awe 29,443 9,228
Keana 11,759 6,579
Toto 32,213 8,590
Kokona 23,027 18,971
Doma 10,029 10,318
Keffi 25,589 12,419
Obi 20,640 17,951
Nasarawa 31,586 17,406
Karu 23,207 21,967
Akwanga 21,968 18,402
Eggon 11,611 14,290
Lafia 70,451 18,827
Totals 327,229 184,281 670,878

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