2015 Niger State gubernatorial election

The 2015 Niger State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Niger 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 Abubakar Sani Bello won the election, defeating Umar Nasko 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][37][38]}

2015 Niger State gubernatorial election

← 2011 April 11, 2015 2019 →

Nominee Abubakar Sani Bello Umar Nasko Party APC PDP Popular vote 593,702 239,772

Governor before election Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu PDP Elected Governor Abubakar Sani Bello APC

APC primary

APC candidate, Abubakar Sani Bello clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.^{[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]}

PDP primary

PDP candidate, Umar Nasko clinched the party ticket.^{[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]} The PDP primary election was held in 2014.^{[62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75]}

Results

A total of 10 candidates contested in the election. Abubakar Sani Bello from the All Progressives Congress won the election, defeating Umar Nasko from the People's Democratic Party. The winner, Abubakar Sani Bello won in 23 out of 25 Local Government Areas in the State, Umar Nasko won just 2 Local Government Areas.^{[76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87]}

2015 Niger State gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	APC	Abubakar Sani Bello	593,702
	PDP	Umar Nasko	239,772
	APC hold