The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North, Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South and Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. [1] [2] [3] But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on 30 October 2019 sacked Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party replaced the sacked senator. [4]
| Affiliation | Party | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APC | PDP | ||
| Before Election | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| After Election | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sokoto North | Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | APC | Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | APC | ||
| Sokoto South | Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba | APC | Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba | PDP | ||
| Sokoto East | Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir | APC | Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir | APC | ||
A total of 39 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] APC candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating PDP Ahmed Muhammad Maccido and 37 other party candidates. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko | 172,980 | ||
| PDP | Ahmed Muhammad Maccido | 138,922 | ||
| Others | 5,794 | |||
| Total votes | 317,696 | |||
| APC hold | ||||
A total of 31 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [23] [24] [25] APC candidate Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal won the election, defeating PDP Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba and 29 other party candidate. But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division sacked the APC candidate and replaced him with the PDP candidate as the rightful winner. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal | 134,204 | ||
| PDP | Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba | 112,546 | ||
| Others | 3,089 | |||
| Total votes | 249,839 | |||
| APC hold | ||||
A total of 32 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir won the election, defeating PDP Maidaji Salihu and 30 other party candidate. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir | 170,665 | ||
| PDP | Maidaji Salihu | 140,322 | ||
| Others | 3,752 | |||
| Total votes | 314,739 | |||
| APC hold | ||||