Английская Википедия:2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

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The 2019 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on March 9, 2019. PDP candidate Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the election, defeating Bindo Jibrilla of the APC.

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 1,656 votes and defeating his closest rival, Mohammed Jameel who received 465 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate. Bindo Jibrilla was the APC candidate with Crowther Seth as his running mate. 29 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri won the primary election polling 1,656 votes against 4 other candidates. His closest rival was Mohammed Jameel, who came second with 465 votes, Bala Ngilari scored 78 votes, Aliyu Umar scored 8 votes, while Garba Dankani had 1 vote.

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on October 4, 2018. Bindo Jibrilla won the primary election polling 193,656 votes against 2 other candidates. His closest rival was Halilu Ahmed who came second with 15,738 votes, while Malam Nuhu Ribadu came third with 8,364 votes.

Results

A total number of 29 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,973,083, while 905,346 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 899,097, while number of valid votes was 871,307. Rejected votes were 27,790.

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 871,307 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Blue represents LGAs won by Bindo Jibrilla.

LGA	Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri PDP		Bindo Jibrilla APC		Total Votes
	#	%	#	%	#
Girei	6,938		15,171
Yola South	18,257		22,129
Song	25,151		17,845
Lamurde	20,138		10,182
Fufore	17,529		21,972
Hong	26,556		21,407
Shelleng	11,377		15,944
Ganye	17,993		19,151
Guyuk	19,022		12,504
Toungo	6,018		6,564
Michika	25,617		13,511
Madagali	17,660		9,365
Numan	21,922		11,642
Mubi North	17,567		31,805
Mayo Belwa	19,897		14,198
Yola North	24,383		20,979
Mubi South	10,420		19,825
Maiha	8,745		14,939
Jada	20,076		18,006
Demsa	22,037		10,342
Gombi	12,968		9,347
Totals	376,552		336,386		871,307