2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State

The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North, Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South and Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.[1][2][3] But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on 30 October 2019 sacked Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party replaced the sacked senator.[4]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
APC PDP
Before Election 3 0 3
After Election 2 1 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Sokoto North Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko APC Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko APC
Sokoto South Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba APC Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba PDP
Sokoto East Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir APC Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir APC

Results

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Sokoto North

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A total of 39 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] APC candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating PDP Ahmed Muhammad Maccido and 37 other party candidates.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko 172,980
PDP Ahmed Muhammad Maccido 138,922
Others 5,794
Total votes 317,696
APC hold

Sokoto South

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A total of 31 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[23][24][25] APC candidate Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal won the election, defeating PDP Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba and 29 other party candidate. But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division sacked the APC candidate and replaced him with the PDP candidate as the rightful winner.[26][27][28][29][30]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal 134,204
PDP Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba 112,546
Others 3,089
Total votes 249,839
APC hold

Sokoto East

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A total of 32 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir won the election, defeating PDP Maidaji Salihu and 30 other party candidate.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir 170,665
PDP Maidaji Salihu 140,322
Others 3,752
Total votes 314,739
APC hold

References

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