2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election

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2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
 2015
March 9, 2019
2023 
 
Nominee Mohammed Badaru Abubakar Aminu Ibrahim Ringim
Party APC PDP
Running mate Umaru Namadi Hussain Umar Namadi
Popular vote 810,933 288,356

Governor before election

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
APC

Elected Governor

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
APC

The 2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won re-election for a second term, defeating Aminu Ibrahim Ringim of the PDP and several minor party candidates.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 3,123 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ubale Hashim, who received 54 votes.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] He picked Umaru Namadi as his running mate.[18][19] Aminu Ibrahim Ringim was the PDP candidate with Hussain Umar Namadi as his running mate.[20][21][22][23][24][25] 19 candidates contested in the election.[26]

Primary election

Results

References

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