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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kaduna State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kaduna State. Kwari Suleiman Abdu representing Kaduna North, Sani Uba representing Kaduna Central both won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. while Laah Danjuma Tella representing Kaduna South returned to parliament on the platform of People's Democratic Party[1][2][3][4][5]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
APC PDP Others
Before Election 0 2 1 3
After Election 2 1 0 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Kaduna Central Shehu Sani PRP Sani Uba APC
Kaduna North Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi PDP Kwari Suleiman Abdu APC
Kaduna South Laah Danjuma Tella PDP Laah Danjuma Tella PDP

Results

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Kaduna Central

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A total of 24 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Sani Uba won the election, defeating PDP candidate Usman Lawal Adamu and 22 other party candidates. Sani received 55.78% of the votes, while Usman Adamu received 30.70%[6][7][8][9][10][11]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kaduna State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Sani Uba 355,242 55.78%
PDP Usman Lawal Adamu 195,497 30.70%
Others 86,075 13.52%
Total votes 636,814 100%
APC hold

Kaduna North

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A total of 20 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Kwari Suleiman Abdu won the election, defeating PDP candidate Hunkuyi Othman Suleiman and 28 other party candidates. Kwari received 67.68% of the votes, while Hunkuyi received 29.93%[12][13][14]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kano State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Kwari Suleiman Abdu 411,497 67.68%
PDP Hunkuyi Othman Suleiman 181,955 29.93%
Others 14,499 2.38%
Total votes 607,951 100%
APC hold

Kaduna South

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A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Laah Danjuma Tella won the election, defeating APC candidate Bala Barnabas Yusuf and 10 other party candidates. Laah received 64.35% of the votes, while Barnabas received 31.89%[15][16][17]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Kaduna State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Laah Danjuma Tella 268,923 64.35%
APC Bala Barnabas Yusuf 133,287 31.89%
Others 15,675 3.75%
Total votes 417,885 100%
APC hold

References

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  2. ^ "Confam INEC list of elected Nigeria Senators". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  3. ^ "ELECTED SENATORS OF THE 9TH ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ Gbadebo, Bode; Isuwa, Sunday (2019-08-30). "Nigeria: Missing in Action - Senators Who Will Be Missed in the 9th Assembly". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  5. ^ "Nigerian Senator, Senators in Nigeria :: Nigeria General Information :: Nigeria Information & Guide". www.nigeriagalleria.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  6. ^ "Kaduna Central: Shehu Sani out as INEC declares APC's Uba Sani winner". 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  7. ^ "Kaduna Central: PDP candidate appeals Tribunal Judgment". Vanguard News. 2019-09-08. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  8. ^ "INEC RESULT SHEET KADUNA CENTRAL SENATORIAL ELECTION 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-08.
  9. ^ Abiola, Rahaman (2019-02-25). "Breaking: Shehu Sani reportedly calls for cancellation of Kaduna elections". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  10. ^ "Foundation of democracy under threat, says Shehu Sani". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  11. ^ "PDP senatorial candidate rejects Kaduna Central election results, threatens legal action". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  12. ^ "Kaduna Senator-Elect, Uba Sani Dedicates Victory To His Constituents". Channels Television. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  13. ^ "List of all Senators elected in 2019 National Assembly elections". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  14. ^ "INEC RESULT SHEETS KADUNA NORTH SENATORIAL ELECTION 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-08.
  15. ^ "PDP wins Kaduna South Senatorial election". Punch Newspapers. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  16. ^ "INEC RESULT SHEET KADUNA SOUTH SENATORIAL ELECTION 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-08.
  17. ^ "Kaduna South: Tribunal upholds PDP's Senator Danjuma La'ah election". Daily Nigerian. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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