2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State

The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North and Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba representing Sokoto South all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.^[1][2]

Overview

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

Summary

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected Senator	Party
Sokoto East			Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir	APC
Sokoto North			Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko	APC
Sokoto South			Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba	APC

Results

Sokoto East

All Progressives Congress candidate Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Dahiru Yari and other party candidates.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir
	PDP	Dahiru Yari
Total votes
	APC hold

Sokoto North

All Progressives Congress candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Ahmed Muhammad Maccido and other party candidates.^{[4][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko
	PDP	Ahmed Muhammad Maccido
Total votes
	APC hold

Sokoto South

All Progressives Congress candidate Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba won the election, defeating People's Democratic Party candidate Abdullahi Muhammad and other party candidates.^{[4][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]}

2015 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
	PDP	Abdullahi Muhammad
Total votes
	APC hold

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