2011 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State

The 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on April 9, 2011, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East, Ahmed Muhammad Maccido representing Sokoto North and Umaru Dahiru representing Sokoto South all won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Overview

Affiliation	Party		Total
	PDP	ACN
Before Election			3
After Election	3	–	3

Summary

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected Senator	Party
Sokoto East			Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir	PDP
Sokoto North			Ahmed Muhammad Maccido	PDP
Sokoto South			Umaru Dahiru	PDP

Results

Sokoto East

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir won the election, defeating other party candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir
Total votes
	PDP hold

Sokoto North

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Ahmed Muhammad Maccido won the election, defeating other party candidates.^{[6][12][13][14][15][16]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Ahmed Muhammad Maccido
Total votes
	PDP hold

Sokoto South

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Umaru Dahiru won the election, defeating party candidates.^{[6][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

2011 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Umaru Dahiru
Total votes
	PDP hold

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