2015 Lagos gubernatorial election

An election for Governor of Lagos State took place on 11 April 2015. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, who is a former accountant general of Lagos State, defeated People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje and Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate Bolaji Ogunseye. The governor and deputy governor are elected on the same ticket.[1]

2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election
11 April 2015
 
Nominee Akinwunmi Ambode Jimi Agbaje Bolaji Ogunseye
Party APC PDP Alliance For Democracy (Nigeria)
Running mate Idiat Oluranti Adebule Safurat Abdulkareem Omolola Olorunnishola
Popular vote 811,994 659,788 6,087
Percentage 87.77 10.65 0.86
governor before election

Babatunde Fashola
All Progressives Congress (APC)

 Elected governor

Akinwunmi Ambode
APC

APC primary

APC candidate Akinwunmi Ambode defeated 12 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 3,735 votes to defeat his closest rival, Obafemi Hamzat (who received 1,201 votes), and Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who came in a distant third with 182 votes.[2]

Candidates
  • Akinwunmi Ambode
  • Obafemi Hamzat
  • Adeyemi Ikuforiji
  • Supo Shasore
  • Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon
  • Lekan Pitan
  • Tola Kasali
  • Tokunbo Agbesanwa
  • Abayomi Sutton
  • Adekunle Disu
  • Tokunbo Wahab
  • Lanre Ope

Results
APC primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Akinwunmi Ambode 3,735 66.44
APC Obafemi Hamzat 1,201 21.04
APC Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon 272 4.76
APC Adeyemi Ikuforiji 182 3.18
APC Supo Shasore 121 2.12
APC Lekan Pitan 112 1.96
APC Tola Kasali 68 1.19
APC Adekunle Disu 9 0.15
APC Tokunbo Wahab 7 012
APC Lanre Ope 0 0
APC Abayomi Sutton 0 0
APC Tokunbo Agbesanwa 0 0
Total votes 5,707 100

PDP primary

Candidates

Results
PDP primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Jimi Agbaje 434 50
PDP Musiliu Obanikoro 346 39.86
PDP Tokunbo Kamson 46 5.29
PDP Deji Doherty 21 2.41
PDP Babatunde Gbadamosi 21 2.41
Total votes 868 100

General election

Results
Lagos State gubernatorial election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
APC Akinwunmi Ambode 811,994 54.94
PDP Jimi Agbaje 659,788 44.64
Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria) Bolaji Ogunseye 6,087 0.41
Majority 904,206 77.12
Turnout 1477869
APC hold Swing

See also
  • Nigerian National Assembly election, 2015 (Lagos State)

References
  1. Admin. "Ambode Wins Lagos Gubernatorial Election/". Daily Post. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. "Akinwunmi Ambode wins Lagos APC governorship primaries". Premium Times. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. Akinrefon, Dapo. "Jimi Agbaje wins Lagos PDP governorship primaries". Vanguard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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