The 2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on March 9, 2019.

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candidate

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (born 27 October 1967) is a Nigerian politician and currently elected governor of Adamawa State. Fintiri has served as governor of Adamawa State since 2019. He was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and served ...

won the election, defeating

Bindo Jibrilla Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla (born 15 April 1965), known as Bindow Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as governor of Adamawa State from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the senator representing Adamawa North senatoria ...

of the APC.

emerged

gubernatorial candidate after scoring 1,656 votes and defeating his closest rival, Mohammed Jameel who received 465 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate.

was the APC candidate with Crowther Seth as his running mate. 29 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the

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Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP

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was held on September 30, 2018.

won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 4 other candidates. His closest rival was Mohammed Jameel, who came second with 465 votes, Bala Ngilari scored 78 votes, Aliyu Umar scored 8 votes, while Garba Dankani had 1 vote.

APC primary

The APC

was held on October 4, 2018.

won the primary election polling 193,656 votes against 2 other candidates. His closest rival was Halilu Ahmed who came second with 15,738 votes, while Malam Nuhu Ribadu came third with 8,364 votes.

Results

A total number of 29 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,973,083, while 905,346 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 899,097, while number of valid votes was 871,307. Rejected votes were 27,790.

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 871,307 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Blue represents LGAs won by Bindo Jibrilla.

References

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