2015 Zamfara State gubernatorial election

APC candidate, Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]}

PDP candidate, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi clinched the party ticket.^{[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]} The PDP primary election was held in 2014.^{[63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76]}

A total of 20 candidates contested in the election. Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi from the People's Democratic Party.^{[77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]}