2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election

2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election
Nigeria
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Turnout0.72%
 
Nominee Simon Bako Lalong Gyang Pwajok
Party APC PDP
Running mate Sonni Gwanle Tyoden Yilji Gomwalk
Popular vote 564,913 520,627
Percentage 51.83% 47.76%
Governor before election

Jonah David Jang
PDP

Elected Governor

Simon Lalong
APC

The 2015 Plateau State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015.[1] APC's Simon Lalong won election for a first term, defeating Gyang Pwajok of the PDP and four minor party candidates.[2] Lalong won in 11 LGAs, receiving 51.83% of the vote, while Pwajok won the remaining six of the 17 LGAs of the state, receiving 47.76% of the total votes, trailing behind Lalong with 44,386 votes margin.[3][4][5][6]

Simon Lalong defeated four other aspirants in the APC gubernatorial primary to emerge as the party's candidate. He picked Yilji Gomwalk as his running mate.[7][8][9]

Gyang Pwajok was the PDP candidate with Sonni Tyoden as his running mate.

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