2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election

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2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election

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Turnout	42.12%
PDP APGA Nominee Abdullahi Sule David Ombugadu Labaran Maku Party APC PDP APGA Running mate Emmanuel Akabe Ogoshi Onawo Popular vote 327,229 184,281 132,784 Percentage 48.78% 27.47% 19.79%
Governor before election Umaru Tanko Al-Makura APC Elected Governor Abdullahi Sule APC

The 2019 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Abdullahi Sule won the election, defeating David Ombugadu of the PDP.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Abdullahi Sule emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 926 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, who received 519 votes.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]} He picked Emmanuel Akabe as his running mate.^{[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]} David Ombugadu was the PDP candidate with Ogoshi Onawo as his running mate.^{[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]} Labaran Maku was the APGA candidate, while Umar Aliyu Doma stood for ZLP.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]} 29 candidates contested in the election.^{[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65]}