2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election

2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election
April 11, 2015
 
Nominee Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
Party PDP APC
Popular vote 285,369 205,132
Governor before election

Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
PDP

 Elected Governor

Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
PDP

The 2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Gombe State.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Held on April 11, 2015, the People's Democratic Party nominee Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo won the election, defeating Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

PDP primary

PDP candidate and incumbent governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo clinched the party ticket.[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] He won with 492 votes out of the 504 delegates, while eight votes were invalid and four delegates were absent. He won the primary through an affirmation poll.[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

Candidates

APC primary

APC candidate, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya defeated 2 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 905 votes to defeat his closest rival, Usman Bayero Nafada, who received 727 votes. Murtala Aliyu received 22 votes. 1,700 delegates was accredited.[63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]

Candidates

Results

A total of 12 candidates contested in the election. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya from the All Progressives Congress.[76][77][78][79][80][81]

2015 Gombe State gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PDP Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo 285,369
APC Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya 205,132
PDP hold

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