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2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
The 2015 Sokoto State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Sokoto State .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Held on April 11, 2015, the All Progressives Congress nominee Aminu Tambuwal won the election, defeating Abdallah Wali of the People's Democratic Party .[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
APC primary
APC candidate, Aminu Tambuwal clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42] [ 43] [ 44] [ 45]
PDP primary
PDP candidate, Abdallah Wali clinched the party ticket.[ 46] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49] [ 50] [ 51] [ 52] [ 53] [ 54] [ 55] [ 56] [ 57] [ 58] [ 59] The PDP primary election was held in 2014.[ 60] [ 61] [ 62] [ 63] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66] [ 67] [ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71] [ 72] [ 73]
Results
A total of 21 candidates contested in the election. Aminu Tambuwal from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Abdallah Wali from the People's Democratic Party . 32,054 votes was cancelled, valid votes was 926,682, votes cast was 958,736. The winner, Aminu Tambuwal won in all the 23 Local Government Areas in the State.[ 74] [ 75] [ 76] [ 77] [ 78] [ 79] [ 80] [ 81] [ 82] [ 83] [ 84] [ 85]
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