Английская Википедия:2019 Benue State gubernatorial election

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The 2019 Benue State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Samuel Ortom won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Emmanuel Jime and several minor party candidates. Samuel Ortom emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,210 votes and defeating his closest rival, John Tondo, who received 475 votes. He picked Benson Abounu as his running mate. Emmanuel Jime was the APC candidate with Samuel Ode as his running mate. 3 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The Governor of Benue is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Samuel Ortom won the primary election polling 2,210 votes against three other candidates. His closest rival was John Tondo, a former commissioner for lands who came second with 475 votes, while Felix Atume, came third with 44 votes.

Candidates

• Party nominee: Samuel Ortom: Incumbent governor
• Running mate: Benson Abounu: Incumbent deputy governor
• John Tondo: Former commissioner for lands
• Felix Atume
• Paul Orhii

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on October 1, 2018. Emmanuel Jime emerged the consensus candidate, after four other aspirants stepped down for him. He picked Samuel Ode as his running mate.

Results

A total number of 33 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,471,894, while 858,947 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 846,222, while number of valid votes was 830,954. Rejected votes were 15,268.

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 830,954 represents the 33 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Samuel Ortom. Blue represents LGAs won by Emmanuel Jime.

LGA	Samuel Ortom PDP		Emmanuel Jime APC		Total Votes
	#	%	#	%	#
Oju	13,330		19,134
Obi	9,576		10,247
Gwer West	14,856		7,429
Ogbadibo	8,985		9,259
Gwer East	19,596		15,291
Ushongo	22,703		14,683
Ohimini	7,577		8,675
Agatu	10,079		7,538
Apa	8,725		8,636
Otukpo	13,153		21,785
Tarka	3,177		16,600
Ukum	23,156		11,790
Katsina-Ala	17,980		21,614
Ado	10,258		10,135
Guma	29,693		12,005
Gboko	38,241		29,802
Makurdi	29,414		36,517
Logo	30,803		4,586
Buruku	29,656		13,404
Okpokwu	11,957		9,641
Kwande	29,241		22,786
Vandeikya	27,725		19,079
Konshisha	21,980		13,802
Totals	434,473		345,155		830,954