2014 Osun State gubernatorial election

2014 Osun State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rauf Aregbesola Iyiola Omisore Party APC PDP Running mate Titilayo Laoye-Tomori Adejare Bello Popular vote 394,684 292,747 Percentage 56.68% 42.04%

Governor before election Rauf Aregbesola APC Elected Governor Rauf Aregbesola APC

The 2014 Osun State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 9 August 2014, the APC nominee Rauf Aregbesola won re-election, defeating Iyiola Omisore of the PDP.^[1][2][3][4]

Rauf Aregbesola emerged APC after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Titilayo Laoye-Tomori as his running mate.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} Iyiola Omisore was the PDP candidate with Adejare Bello as his running mate. 20 candidates contested in the election.^[10]

The Governor of Osun State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Rauf Aregbesola won the primary election after he emerged unopposed.^[11][12]

The PDP primary election was held on 5 April 2014. Iyiola Omisore won the primary election polling 1,128 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Olasunkanmi Akinlabi who scored 45 votes, Wole Oke scored 4 votes while Isiaka Adeleke withdrew.^{[13][14][15][16]}

A total number of 20 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[17][18][19]

A total number of 1,407,222 voters registered in the election.^[20]

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. 20 political parties participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Rauf Aregbesola. Green represents LGAs won by Iyiola Omisore.^{[21][22][17][2]}