2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election
← 2011
April 11, 2015
2019 →
 
Nominee Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
Party PDP APC
Popular vote 285,369 205,132
Governor before election

Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
PDP

 Elected Governor

Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
PDP

The 2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Gombe State.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Held on April 11, 2015, the People's Democratic Party nominee Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo won the election, defeating Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Candidates

PDP candidate and incumbent governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo clinched the party ticket.[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] He won with 492 votes out of the 504 delegates, while eight votes were invalid and four delegates were absent. He won the primary through an affirmation poll.[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

APC primary

Results

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI