2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election

The APC primary election began at 08:30 pm Thursday 4 December 2014, ending in the early hours of Friday 5 December 2014. Former Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Barr. Simon Lalong, won the primary election^[10] polling 2,222 votes against other candidates. Emmanuel Garba polled 304 votes; Solomon Dalung, 293 votes; Elijah Miner, 50 votes; and Vemark Dangin, zero vote. There were 2,964 delegates from across the 17 LGAs of the state.^[11][12]

• Party nominee: Simon Lalong.
• Running mate: Sonni Gwanle Tyoden.
• Emmanuel Garba
• Solomon Dalung
• Elijah Miner
• Vemark Dangin

The PDP primary election was held on December 8, 2014. (A court earlier restrained the election from taking place on this date.^[13][14]) A total of 818 delegates from across the state were accredited.^[15] Incumbent senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, Gyang Pwajok, emerged the winner^[16] after polling as announced, 435 votes. Ignatius Longjan was closest contestant with 163 votes. Sen. Victor Lar, 109 votes; Kemi Nicholas Nshe, 31 votes; Dr. Haruna Dabin polled 16 votes; Bitrus Nabasu, 10 votes; John Clark Dabwan, seven votes; Prof. Sonni Tyoden, seven votes; Chris Bature, five votes; Godfrey Miri, four votes; Arc. John Alkali, three votes; Joseph Golwa, two votes; Fidelis Tapgun, one vote; Nandom Pyenap, one vote; Jimmy Cheto, zero vote; and Prof. Longmas Wapmuk, zero vote.^[17][18] 12 of these 16 aspirants later called for the cancellation of the results.^[19][20][21]

• Party nominee: Gyang Pwajok.
• Running mate: Sonni Tyoden.
• Ignatius Longjan: Incumbent deputy governor
• Victor Lar
• Kemi Nshe
• Haruna Dabin
• Bitrus Nabasu
• John Clark Dabwan
• Chris Bature
• Godfrey Miri
• John Alkali
• Joseph Golwa
• Fidelis Tapgun
• Nandom Pyenap
• Jimmy Cheto
• Longmas Wapmuk

A total of six candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Simon Lalong won the election for a first term, defeating PDP Gyang Pwajok and several minor party candidates. Lalong received 51.83% of the votes, while Pwajok received 47.76%.^{[1][22][23][24][25][26][27]} There were 1,508,585 registered voters from across the state.^[28]

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Lalong. Green represents LGAs won by Pwajok.^{[29][30][31][32]}