2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

2015 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, Nigeria

2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election | <- 2012 | April 11, 2015 | 2019 ->

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Nominee  | Bindo Jibrilla | Markus Gundiri  |
Party  | PDP | Social Democratic
Running mate  | Martins Babale |
Popular vote  | 362,329 | 181,806

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| Governor before election

Murtala Nyako
PDP

| Elected Governor

Bindo Jibrilla
APC

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The 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015. APC candidate Bindo Jibrilla won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the SDP.[1][2][3]

Bindo Jibrilla emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,718 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji who received 2,268 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the SDP candidate.[4][5] 8 candidates contested in the election.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

## Electoral system

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The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.[1]

### APC primary

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The APC primary election was held on December 4, 2014. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 5 other candidates. His closest rival was Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji, who came second with 2,268 votes, Mustapha scored 515 votes, Ahmed Barata scored 452 votes, while Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively.[2]

## Results

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A total number of 8 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[3]

Total number of votes cast was 706,092, while number of valid votes was 684,050. Rejected votes were 27,790.[4]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Bindo Jibrilla| All Progressives Congress| 362,329| 44.41
| Markus Gundiri| Social Democratic Party| 181,806| 22.28
| Nuhu Ribadu| People's Democratic Party| 98,917| 12.12
| Ahmed Modibbo| People's Democratic Movement| 32,985| 4.04
| Other candidates| | 139,915| 17.15
Total| 815,952| 100.00
Valid votes| 815,952| 96.71
Invalid/blank votes| 27,790| 3.29
Total votes| 843,742| 100.00
Source: Thenationonlineng

## References

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1. ^ a b "INEC declares APC's Bindow winner of Adamawa governorship poll | Premium Times Nigeria". April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
2. ^ a b "APC's Bindow declared winner of Adamawa guber poll". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
3. ^ a b "Bindow wins in Adamawa". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. December 6, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
4. ^ a b "Adamawa PDP chiefs dump Ribadu, endorse SDP candidate". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. February 1, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
5. ^ Perishable. "SDP Mourns Adamawa Governorship Candidate - TELL". www.tell.ng. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
6. ^ "2015: Ribadu scores 688 to emerge as Adamawa PDP guber candidate". Vanguard News. December 8, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
7. ^ pmnews (September 8, 2014). "Adamawa Election: Atiku accepts APC primaries, congratulates Jibrilla". P.M. News. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
8. ^ "APC guber primaries: El-Rufai, Bindow, Abubakar, others clinch tickets". Vanguard News. December 6, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
9. ^ Ejiofor, Clement (April 12, 2015). "2015 Governorship Election In Nigeria: Official Results From States". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
10. ^ "Bindow Emerges APC Candidate For October 11 Adamawa Election". Channels Television. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
11. ^ "Tambuwal, Ambode, el-Rufai, Ribadu… winners and losers of the 2015 governorship election". TheCable. April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
12. ^ Daily, Peoples (March 3, 2014). "Adamawa: Gundiri dumps APC for PDP". Peoples Daily Newspaper. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
13. ^ "Ribadu in poor poll show, trails in third position in Adamawa -". The NEWS. April 12, 2015. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
14. ^ Live, PM NEWS (April 12, 2015). "Ribadu gets poll spanking in Adamawa, trails in third". P.M. News. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
15. ^ "2015: PDP, APC and the rest of us". Daily Trust. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
16. ^ "ANALYSIS: Between Ribadu and Bindow: Who occupies Dougeri Govt. House? | Premium Times Nigeria". February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2021.