2023 Plateau State gubernatorial election

2023 Plateau State gubernatorial election
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Registered2,789,528
 
Nominee Nentanwe Yilwatda Goshwe Patrick Dakum Caleb Mutfwang
Party APC LP PDP
Running mate Pam Bot-mang Edward Gyang Pwajok Josephine Piyo
Governor before election

Simon Lalong
APC

Elected Governor

Caleb Mutfwang
PDP

The 2023 Plateau State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Plateau State, concurrent with elections to the Plateau State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly.[1][2] The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.[3] Incumbent APC Governor Simon Lalong is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.

Party primaries were scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022 with the Peoples Democratic Party nominating Caleb Mutfwang—former Mangu Local Government Chairman—on 25 May while the All Progressives Congress nominated Nentawe Yilwatda on 26 May.[4][5] In August, former commissioner Patrick Dakum—a withdrawn aspirant in the APC primary—won the nomination of the Labour Party in a rerun primary.[6]

  1. ^ Oyekanmi, Rotimi (26 February 2022). "It's Official: 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections to Hold Feb 25". INEC News. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jimoh, Abbas (26 February 2022). "INEC Sets New Dates For 2023 General Elections". Daily Trust. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ Suleiman, Qosim. "It's Official: INEC postpones Saturday's governorship, state assembly elections". Premium Times. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Plateau : Mutfwang clinches PDP guber ticket". Vanguard. Jos. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ Abraham, James. "Ex-INEC commissioner wins Plateau APC gov ticket". The Punch. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ Olabimtan, Bolanle. "'Misconduct': Labour Party expels Plateau guber candidate, conducts fresh primary". TheCable. Retrieved 25 January 2023.