2015 Borno State gubernatorial election

The 2015 Borno State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4][5]

2015 Borno State gubernatorial election

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Turnout	0.39%
Nominee Kashim Shettima Gambo Lawan Party APC PDP Running mate Zannah Umar Mustapha Popular vote 649,913 34,731 Percentage 94.92% 5.08%
Governor before election Kashim Shettima ANPP Elected Governor Kashim Shettima APC

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.^[6][7][8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

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%.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,407,777^[23] while the total number of votes cast was 690,182.^[24]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kashim Shettima	All Progressives Congress (APC)	649,913	94.93
	Gambo Lawan	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	34,731	5.07
	Others
Total			684,644	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,407,777	–
Source: Stears[16]

By local government area

Here are the results of the election from 20 of the 27 local government areas of the state^[25][26][27] for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Shettima. Green represents LGAs won by Lawan.^[28][29][30]

County	Kashim Shettima APC		Gambo Lawan PDP		Total 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
Totals	529,430		17,574		547,004

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