The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Lagos State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the

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to represent

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Solomon Olamilekan Adeola Solomon Olamilekan Adeola also known by the alias Yayi (born 10 August 1969), is a Nigerian politician who has served as Senate of Nigeria, Senator for Ogun State, Ogun West since 2023. He previously served as the Senator from Lagos West from ...

representing Lagos West,

Oluremi Tinubu Oluremi "Remi" Tinubu (born 21 September 1960) is a Nigerian politician and current first lady of Nigeria since 2023, as wife of President Bola Tinubu. She was the first lady of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 when her husband was governor. She ...

representing Lagos Central. The late Osinowo Sikiru Adebayo represented Lagos East but his

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brought

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to replace him after a bye-election in 2020. All won on the platform of

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Overview

Summary

Results

Lagos West

A total of 23 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. APC candidate Solomon Olamilekan Adeola won the election, defeating PDP candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and 8 other party candidates. Adeola received 41.38% of the votes, while Rhodes-Vivour received 39.40%.

Lagos Central

A total of 14 candidates registered with the

to contest in the election. APC candidate Oluremi Tinubu won the election, defeating PDP candidate Onitiri David and 12 other party candidates. Tinubu received 58.03% of the votes, while Onitiri received 39.25%.

Lagos East

A total of 17 candidates registered with the

to contest in the election. APC candidate Osinowo Sikiru Adebayo won the election, defeating PDP candidate Oyefusi Abiodun Adetola and 15 other party candidates. Osinowo received 59.21% of the votes, while Oyefusi received 36.69%.

2020 Bye election

A bye election was held on 5 December 2020 in the Lagos East Senatorial District due to a vacancy following the demise of Bayo Osinowo.

of APC contested against

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of PDP. They totalled 89,204 and 11,257 votes respectively. Abiru was declared the winner by INEC.

References

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Lagos State Senate elections