2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election

2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Olusegun Mimiko Olusola Oke Party LP PDP Running mate Ali Olanusi Popular vote 260,199 155,961 Percentage 43.79% 26.25%

Governor before election Olusegun Mimiko LP Elected Governor Olusegun Mimiko LP

The 2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on October 20, 2012.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Incumbent governor, LP's Olusegun Mimiko won election for a second term, defeating other party candidates. Mimiko received 43.79% of the total vote and won in 13 of the state's 18 LGAs, closely followed by PDP's Olusola Oke who won in two LGAs with 26.25% of total votes, while the ACN candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, who won in three LGAs came third with 24.15% of the votes.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]} Mimiko becomes the first Incumbent governor of Ondo State to be re-elected.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Olusegun Mimiko was the LP nominee at the primary election. His running mate was Ali Olanusi.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}