2011 Jigawa State gubernatorial election

2011 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
April 26, 2011
 
Nominee Sule Lamido Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Party PDP ACN
Popular vote 676,307 343,177
Governor before election

Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
ANPP

 Elected Governor

Sule Lamido
PDP

The 2011 Jigawa State gubernatorial election was the fifth gubernatorial election of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Held on April 26, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Sule Lamido won the election, defeating Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of the Action Congress of Nigeria.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Results

A total of 9 candidates contested in the election. Sule Lamido from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Mohammed Badaru Abubakar from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Valid votes was 1,094,549, votes cast was 1,153,621, 59,072 votes was cancelled.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

2011 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PDP Sule Lamido 676,307 61.79
ACN Mohammed Badaru Abubakar 343,177 31.35
PDP hold

References

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