2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Bindo Jibrilla Markus Gundiri
Party PDP Social Democratic
Running mate Martins Babale
Popular vote 362,329 181,806

Governor before election

Murtala Nyako
PDP

Elected Governor

Bindo Jibrilla
APC

The 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 11, 2015. APC candidate Bindo Jibrilla won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the SDP.[1][2][3]

Bindo Jibrilla emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,718 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ibrahim Mijinyawa Yayaji who received 2,268 votes. He picked Martins Babale as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the SDP candidate.[4][5] 8 candidates contested in the election.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

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