2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election

2015 gubernatorial election in Plateau State, Nigeria

2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election

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Turnout| 0.72%
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Nominee  | Simon Bako Lalong | Gyang Pwajok |
Party  | APC | PDP
Running mate  | Sonni Gwanle Tyoden | Yilji Gomwalk
Popular vote  | 564,913 | 520,627
Percentage  | 51.83% | 47.76%

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| Governor before election

Jonah David Jang
PDP

| Elected Governor

Simon Lalong
APC

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The 2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015.[1] APC's Simon Lalong won election for a first term, defeating Gyang Pwajok of the PDP and four minor party candidates.[2] Lalong won in 11 LGAs, receiving 51.83% of the vote, while Pwajok won the remaining six of the 17 LGAs of the state, receiving 47.76% of the total votes, trailing behind Lalong with 44,386 votes margin.[3][4][5][6]

Simon Lalong defeated four other aspirants in the APC gubernatorial primary to emerge as the party's candidate. He picked Yilji Gomwalk as his running mate.[7][8][9]

Gyang Pwajok was the PDP candidate with Sonni Tyoden as his running mate.

## Electoral system

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

## Primary election

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### APC primary

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The APC primary election began at 08:30 pm Thursday 4 December 2014, ending in the early hours of Friday 5 December 2014. Former Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Barr. Simon Lalong, won the primary election[10] polling 2,222 votes against other candidates. Emmanuel Garba polled 304 votes; Solomon Dalung, 293 votes; Elijah Miner, 50 votes; and Vemark Dangin, zero vote. There were 2,964 delegates from across the 17 LGAs of the state.[11][12]

### Candidates

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* Party nominee: Simon Lalong.
* Running mate:  Sonni Gwanle Tyoden.
* Emmanuel Garba
* Solomon Dalung
* Elijah Miner
* Vemark Dangin

### PDP primary

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The PDP primary election was held on December 8, 2014. (A court earlier restrained the election from taking place on this date.[13][14]) A total of 818 delegates from across the state were accredited.[15] Incumbent senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, Gyang Pwajok, emerged the winner[16] after polling as announced, 435 votes. Ignatius Longjan was closest contestant with 163 votes. Sen. Victor Lar, 109 votes; Kemi Nicholas Nshe, 31 votes; Dr. Haruna Dabin polled 16 votes; Bitrus Nabasu, 10 votes; John Clark Dabwan, seven votes; Prof. Sonni Tyoden, seven votes; Chris Bature, five votes; Godfrey Miri, four votes; Arc. John Alkali, three votes; Joseph Golwa, two votes; Fidelis Tapgun, one vote; Nandom Pyenap, one vote; Jimmy Cheto, zero vote; and Prof. Longmas Wapmuk, zero vote.[17][18] 12 of these 16 aspirants later called for the cancellation of the results.[19][20][21]

### Candidates

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* Party nominee: Gyang Pwajok.
* Running mate: Sonni Tyoden.
* Ignatius Longjan: Incumbent deputy governor
* Victor Lar
* Kemi Nshe
* Haruna Dabin
* Bitrus Nabasu
* John Clark Dabwan
* Chris Bature
* Godfrey Miri
* John Alkali
* Joseph Golwa
* Fidelis Tapgun
* Nandom Pyenap
* Jimmy Cheto
* Longmas Wapmuk

## Results

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A total of six candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Simon Lalong won the election for a first term, defeating PDP Gyang Pwajok and several minor party candidates. Lalong received 51.83% of the votes, while Pwajok received 47.76%.[1][22][23][24][25][26][27] There were 1,508,585 registered voters from across the state.[28]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Simon Lalong| All Progressives Congress (APC)| 564,913| 51.83
| Gyang Pwajok| People's Democratic Party (PDP)| 520,627| 47.76
| Bagudu Hirse| Labour Party (LP)| 1,770| 0.16
| Samson Adamu| All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)| 1,408| 0.13
| Elizabeth Yirse| Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP)| 1,035| 0.09
| Anuma Agudu| Social Democratic Party (SDP)| 260| 0.02
Total| 1,090,013| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 1,508,585| –
Source: PM NEWS,[1] ProShareNg[28]

### By local government area

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Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Lalong. Green represents LGAs won by Pwajok.[29][30][31][32]

County  | Simon Lalong

APC

| Gyang Pwajok

PDP

| Total Votes

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #
Barkin-Ladi | 13,151  |  | 56,933 |  |
Bassa | 28,770  |  | 34,341 |  |
Bokkos | 35,689 |  | 16,111  |  |
Jos East | 15,356 |  | 7,752  |  |
Jos North | 117,443 |  | 61,391  |  |
Jos South | 31,760  |  | 93,962 |  |
Kanam | 41,512 |  | 30,466  |  |
Kanke | 18,458  |  | 23,118 |  |
Langtang North | 25,202 |  | 23,045  |  |
Langtang South | 13,663  |  | 19,061 |  |
Mangu | 74,981 |  | 28,509  |  |
Mikang | 12,512 |  | 11,522  |  |
Pankshin | 33,364 |  | 23,493  |  |
Qua'an Pan | 27,472 |  | 19,965  |  |
Riyom | 7,253  |  | 37,793 |  |
Shendam | 40,464 |  | 14,476  |  |
Wase | 27,844 |  | 18,634  |  |
Totals  | 564,913  |  | 520,627  |  | 1,085,540

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