2011 Kano State gubernatorial election

2011 Kano State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Rabiu Kwankwaso Salihu Sagir Takai
Party PDP ANPP
Running mate Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Popular vote 1,108,345 1,048,317
Governor before election

Ibrahim Shekarau
ANPP

Elected Governor

Rabiu Kwankwaso
PDP

The 2011 Kano State gubernatorial election occurred on April 26, 2011. PDP candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso won the election, defeating ANPP Salihu Sagir Takai and 12 other candidates.[1]

Rabiu Kwankwaso emerged PDP's candidate in the primary election, scoring 1,555 votes and defeating Habibu Idris Shuaibu who scored 89 votes, Mohammed Adamu Bello who scored 71 votes and Kabiru Kama Kasa who scored 0 vote.[2]

Magaji Abdullahi was ACN candidate, Lawal Jafaru Isa was CPC candidate.[3][4] Salihu Sagir Takai was ANPP candidate.[5]

Results

Rabiu Kwankwaso from the PDP won the election defeating other 13 candidates.[6][7][8][9]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 5,190,382, total votes cast was 2,477,112, valid votes was 2,409,692 and rejected votes was 67,420.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Kano returns Kwankwaso to power". Vanguard News. April 27, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Kwankwaso, Yuguda, Albishir win tickets". Dailytrust. January 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "…MOHAMMED ABACHA BATTLES THE GENERALS". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Appeal Court Dashes Abacha's Guber Hope; Okays Masari For Katsina". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Trouble for the annoited". Dailytrust. April 12, 2011. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "TABLE-Nigerian governorship election results". news.trust.org. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "Ruling party leads in Nigerian governorship elections - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "Kotu ta tabbatar da zaben Rabi'u Kwankwaso". BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). November 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "The 'second coming 'of Kannywood". Daily Trust. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "African Integrity Magazine – Nigeria – A survey of 2011 April Elections Dawn of a new Era in the Political process". africanintegritymagazine.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021.