The 2015 Borno State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015. Incumbent Governor APC's Kashim Shettima won election for a second term, defeating PDP's Gambo Lawan and several minor party candidates. Shettima received 94.92% of the vote.
Kashim Shettima emerged unopposed in the APC gubernatorial primary after all the aspirants stepped down. He retained his deputy, Zannah Mustapha, as his running mate.
Gambo Lawan was the PDP candidate.
Electoral system The Governor of Borno State is elected using the plurality voting system.
Primary election APC primary The APC primary election was held on in the evening of Friday, December 4, 2014, at the Elkanemi Sports Centre in Maiduguri, with a total of 4,520 delegates present from all wards of the state's 27 LGAs. Incumbent governor, Kashim Shettima, became the party's sole candidate after other aspirants stepped down for him days before.
Candidates Party nominee: Kashim Shettima: Incumbent governor. Running mate: Zannah Mustapha.
PDP primary The PDP primary election was held in December 2014. Gambori Lawan emerged winner. However, following a replacement of his name with that of Mohammed Imam, he filed a suit at a federal high court in Abuja, which ordered the party to return his name.
Candidates Party nominee: Gambo Lawan. Running mate:
Results APC Governor Kashim Shettima won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Gambo Lawan and several minor party candidates. Shettima received 94.92% of the votes, while Lawan received 5.08%.
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,407,777 while the total number of votes cast was 690,182.
By local government area Here are the results of the election from 20 of the 27 local government areas of the state for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Shettima. Green represents LGAs won by Lawan.
CountyKashim Shettima APCGambo Lawan PDPTotal votes#%#%# Abadam 7,070 61 Askira/Uba 26,313 2,023 Bayo 17,968 1,985 Biu 51,621 781 Damboa 36,808 165 Dikwa 11,168 210 Gubio 11,487 107 Guzamala 8,361 12 Gwoza 40,359 723 Jere 62,029 1,443 Kaga 10,414 105 Kala/Balge 10,474 68 Kukawa 12,486 293 Kwaya Kusar 18,678 1,620 Mafa 10,734 59 Magumeri 10,038 384 Marte 6,388 301 Mobbar 6,979 218 Monguno 9,840 31 Nganzai 3,696 74 Totals529,43017,574547,004
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