The 2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election occurred on 16 November 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Musa Wada and several minor party candidates. Yahaya Bello emerged as the APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 3,091 votes and defeating his closest rival, Babatunde Irukera, who received 109 votes. He picked Edward David Onoja as his running mate. Musa Wada was the PDP candidate with Samuel Aro as his running mate. 23 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The

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is elected using the

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Primary election

APC primary

The APC

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was held on August 29, 2019

Yahaya Bello Yahaya Adoza Bello (; born 18 June 1975) is a Nigerian businessman, politician. He served as the governor of Kogi State from 2016 to 2024. A member of the All Progressives Congress, Bello was the youngest governor in Nigeria throughout his term ...

won the primary election polling 3,091 votes against 9 other candidates. His closet rival was Babatunde Irukera, a chief executive of the

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who came second with 109 votes, while Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa, member house of representatives came third with 44 votes.

Candidates

* Party nominee:

: incumbent governor * Running mate: Edward David Onoja: incumbent deputy governor * Babatunde Irukera: chief executive of the

* Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa: House of Representatives member * Yahaya Odidi Audi * Sani Lulu Abdullahi * Abubakar Bashir * Yakubu Mohammed * Hadiza Ibrahim * Danlami Umar Mohammed * Ikele Aisha Blessing

PDP primary

The PDP

was held on September 3, 2019. Musa Wada won the primary election polling 748 votes against 4 other candidates. His closest rival Ibrahim Abubakar came second with 710 votes, Idris Wada, a former governor came third with 345 votes, while Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator polled 70 votes.

Candidates

* Party nominee: Musa Wada * Running mate: Samuel Aro: former member of house of representatives * Ibrahim Abubakar * Idris Wada: former governor * Dino Melaye: Nigerian senator

Results

A total number of 23 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,646,350, while 636,202 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 624,514, while number of valid votes was 610,744. Rejected votes were 13,770.

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 610,744 represents the 23 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Yahaya Bello. Green represents LGAs won by Musa Wada.

References

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