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2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State

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The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Taraba State was held on 28 March 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Taraba State. Emmanuel Bwacha representing Taraba South and Abubakar Sani Danladi representing Taraba North won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf representing Taraba Central won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.[1][2]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
PDP APC
Before Election 3
After Election 2 1 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Taraba South Emmanuel Bwacha PDP
Taraba North Abubakar Sani Danladi PDP
Taraba Central Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf APC

Results

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Taraba South

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Peoples Democratic Party candidate Emmanuel Bwacha won the election, defeating All Progressives Congress candidate Waziri Salihu and other party candidates.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Taraba State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Emmanuel Bwacha
APC Waziri Salihu
Total votes
PDP hold

Taraba North

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Peoples Democratic Party candidate Abubakar Sani won the election, defeating All Progressives Congress candidate Ali Sani and other party candidates.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Taraba State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Abubakar Sani Danladi
APC Ali Sani
Total votes
PDP hold

Taraba Central

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All Progressives Congress candidate Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf won the election, defeating Peoples Democratic Party candidate Marafa Bashir and other party candidates.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Taraba State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf
PDP Marafa Bashir
Total votes
APC hold

References

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