2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election information
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2019 gubernatorial election in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election
← 2015
March 9, 2019
2023 →
Turnout
42.12%
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]
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