2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election

2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Umana Umana
Party PDP APC
Running mate Moses Ekpo Ben Ukpong
Popular vote 996,071 89,865
Governor before election

Godswill Akpabio
APC

Elected Governor

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
PDP

The 2015 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015, the PDP nominee Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the election, defeating Umana Umana of the APC.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 1,201 votes and defeating his closest rival, Okpolupm Etteh, who received 38 votes. He picked Moses Ekpo as his running mate.[8][9][10][11] Umana Umana was the PDP candidate with Ben Ukpong as his running mate.[12] 14 candidates contested in the election.[13]

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