The 2019 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on March 9, 2019. Incumbent Sokoto State Governor

Aminu Tambuwal Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (born 10 January 1966) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria, having won election during the 2015 general elections and re-elected in the 2019 general elections. Tambuwal is a member ...

won re-election for a second term, defeating Ahmad Aliyu of the APC and several minor party candidates.

was returned as the PDP candidate with

Manir Dan Iya Manir Muhammad Dan Iya ''Sardaunan Kware'' is a Nigeria politician who served as the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State in the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), People's Democratic Party (PDP) from 2018 to 2023. He hails from Kware Local Governm ...

as his running mate. Ahmad Aliyu was the APC candidate with Faruk Malami Yabo as his running mate. 51 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The

Governor of Sokoto State This is a list of administrators and governors of Sokoto State, Nigeria, which was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Western State was split into Niger and Sokoto states. See also * States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria Refer ...

is elected using the

plurality voting system Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per d ...

Primary election

PDP primary

was returned as the PDP candidate with

as his running mate.

APC primary

The APC

primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

was held on September 30, 2018. Ahmad Aliyu won the primary election polling 2,282 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Faruk Yabo who came second with 837 votes, Abubakar Gumbi, came third with 70 votes, while Abubakar Gada had 20 votes.

Results

A total number of 51 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,887,767, while 1,083,413 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 1,067,990, while number of valid votes was 1,036,336. Rejected votes were 31,662.

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 1,036,336 represents the 51 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Aminu Tambuwal. Blue represents LGAs won by Ahmad Aliyu.

References

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