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]
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