2011 Kogi State gubernatorial election

2011 Kogi State gubernatorial election

April 26, 2011

Nominee Idris Wada Abubakar Audu Party PDP ACN Popular vote 300,372 159,913

Governor before election Ibrahim Idris PDP Elected Governor Idris Wada PDP

The 2011 Kogi State gubernatorial election was the fifth gubernatorial election of Kogi State, Nigeria. Held on December 3, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Idris Wada won the election, defeating Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Results

A total of 19 candidates contested in the election. Idris Wada from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abubakar Audu from the Action Congress of Nigeria.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

2011 Kogi State gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PDP	Idris Wada	300,372	58
	ACN	Abubakar Audu	159,913	31
	PDP hold

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