2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election
16 November 2019
Turnout37.93%
 
PDP
Nominee Yahaya Bello Musa Wada
Party APC PDP
Running mate Edward David Onoja Samuel Aro
Popular vote 406,222 189,704
Percentage 66.51% 31.06%
Governor before election

Yahaya Bello
APC

 Elected Governor

Yahaya Bello
APC

The 2019 Kogi State gubernatorial election occurred on 16 November 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Musa Wada and several minor party candidates.[1][2][3]

Yahaya Bello emerged as the APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 3,091 votes and defeating his closest rival, Babatunde Irukera, who received 109 votes. He picked Edward David Onoja as his running mate. Musa Wada was the PDP candidate with Samuel Aro as his running mate. 23 candidates contested in the election.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on August 29, 2019[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Yahaya Bello won the primary election polling 3,091 votes against 9 other candidates.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] His closet rival was Babatunde Irukera, a chief executive of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission who came second with 109 votes, while Hassan Abdullahi Baiwa, member house of representatives came third with 44 votes.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49]

Candidates

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on September 3, 2019. Musa Wada won the primary election polling 748 votes against 4 other candidates.[50][51][52][53][54][55] His closest rival Ibrahim Abubakar came second with 710 votes, Idris Wada, a former governor came third with 345 votes, while Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator polled 70 votes.[56][57][58][59][60][61]

Candidates

  • Party nominee: Musa Wada
  • Running mate: Samuel Aro: former member of house of representatives
  • Ibrahim Abubakar
  • Idris Wada: former governor
  • Dino Melaye: Nigerian senator

Results

A total number of 23 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.[62][63][64][65][66]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,646,350, while 636,202 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 624,514, while number of valid votes was 610,744. Rejected votes were 13,770.[67][68][69]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yahaya BelloAll Progressives Congress406,22266.51
Musa WadaPeople's Democratic Party189,70431.06
Other candidates14,8182.43
Total610,744100.00
Valid votes610,74497.80
Invalid/blank votes13,7702.20
Total votes624,514100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,646,35037.93
Source: Vanguard News

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 610,744 represents the 23 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Yahaya Bello. Green represents LGAs won by Musa Wada.[70][71][72]

LGA Yahaya Bello

APC

 Musa Wada

PDP

 Total Votes
# % # % #
Olamaboro 16,876 8,155
Idah 4,602 13,962
Yagba West 7,868 8,860
Ajaokuta 17,952 5,565
Mopa-Muro 4,953 3,581
Okehi 36,954 478
Yagba East 6,735 7,546
Koton Karfe 14,097 9,404
Kabba/Bunu 15,364 8,084
Okene 112,762 139
Igalamela-Odolu 8,075 11,195
Adavi 64,657 366
Omala 8,473 14,403
Ijumu 11,425 7,585
Ogori-Magongo 3,679 2,145
Bassa 8,386 9,724
Ankpa 11,269 28,108
Ofu 11,006 12,264
Dekina 8,948 16,575
Ibaji 12, 682 10, 504
Lokoja 19,457 11,045
Totals 406,222 189,704 610,744

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