Английская Википедия:2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election

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The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP.

Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes. He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate. David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate. Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP. 29 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

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

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on September 28, 2018. Abdullahi Sule won the primary election polling 926 votes against 10 other candidates. His closest rival was Aliyu Wadada, a house of representatives member in the state who came second with 519 votes, while Silas Ali Agara, the incumbent governor in the state came third with 352 votes.

Candidates

• Party nominee: Abdullahi Sule: GMDШаблон:Clarify of Dangote Sugar Company
• Running mate: Emmanuel Akabe: former commissioner of health, Nasarawa State
• Aliyu Wadada: House of Representatives member
• Silas Ali Agara: incumbent deputy governor, Nasarawa State
• Danladi Envu-luanza
• Ibrahim Jafar
• Zakari Idde
• Dauda Kigbu
• Shehu Tukur
• Maikaya Mohammed
• James Agbazon
• Hassan Liman

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. David Ombugadu won the primary election polling 745 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Solomon Ewuga, a former senator who came second with 519 votes, Philip Gyunka, a serving senator came third with 123 votes, while Dameshi Luka, a former deputy governor polled 18 votes.

Candidates

• Party nominee: David Ombugadu: Serving member of the house of representatives
• Running mate: Ogoshi Onawo: Serving member of the federal house of representatives
• Solomon Ewuga
• Philip Gyunka
• Dameshi Luka

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 1,617,786 while 686,303 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 681,400, while number of valid votes was 670,879. Rejected votes were 10,521.

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 670,878 represents the 29 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Abdullahi Sule. Green represents LGAs won by David Ombugadu.

LGA	Abdullahi Sule APC		David Ombugadu PDP		Total Votes
	#	%	#	%	#
Wamba	15,706		9,332
Awe	29,443		9,228
Keana	11,759		6,579
Toto	32,213		8,590
Kokona	23,027		18,971
Doma	10,029		10,318
Keffi	25,589		12,419
Obi	20,640		17,951
Nasarawa	31,586		17,406
Karu	23,207		21,967
Akwanga	21,968		18,402
Eggon	11,611		14,290
Lafia	70,451		18,827
Totals	327,229		184,281		670,878