2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election

2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Seyi Makinde Adebayo Adelabu Party PDP APC Running mate Rauf Olaniyan Samuel Egunjobi Popular vote 515,621 357,982 Percentage 56.24% 39.04%

Governor before election Abiola Ajimobi APC Elected Governor Seyi Makinde PDP

The 2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the PDP nominee Seyi Makinde won the election, defeating Adebayo Adelabu of the APC.^[1][2]

Seyi Makinde emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,772 votes and defeating his closest rival, Ayo Adeseun, who received 21 votes.^[3][4] He picked Rauf Olaniyan as his running mate.^[5][6] Adebayo Adelabu was the APC candidate with Samuel Egunjobi as his running mate.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} Olufemi Lanlehin was the ADC candidate, while Christopher Alao-Akala stood for ADP. 42 candidates contested in the election.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}