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The 2011 Borno State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of
Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern borde ...
. Held on April 26, 2011, the
All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
nominee
Kashim Shettima Kashim Shettima Mustapha (born 2 September 1966) is a Nigerian banker and politician who has served as Senator for Borno Central since 2019. He previously served as the Governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. A member of the All Progressives ...
won the election, defeating
Mohammed Goni Alhaji Mohammed Goni was a civil servant who was Governor of Borno State, Nigeria (1979–1983) in the Nigerian Second Republic. Background Mohammed Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State. He attended ...
of the People's Democratic Party.


Results

A total of 12 candidates contested in the election.
Kashim Shettima Kashim Shettima Mustapha (born 2 September 1966) is a Nigerian banker and politician who has served as Senator for Borno Central since 2019. He previously served as the Governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. A member of the All Progressives ...
from the
All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
won the election, defeating
Mohammed Goni Alhaji Mohammed Goni was a civil servant who was Governor of Borno State, Nigeria (1979–1983) in the Nigerian Second Republic. Background Mohammed Goni was born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State. He attended ...
from the People's Democratic Party. Registered voters was 2,236,159, valid votes was 1,050,796, votes cast was 1,113,117, 62,321 votes was cancelled.


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