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2021 Nigerian state legislative elections

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The 2020 Nigerian state legislative elections were called to fill vacant seats in state

.

Background

The 991 members of the 36 state

. New elections are also called if the general election was annulled by a court or election tribunal with these elections being referred to as supplementary elections if the election is only held in certain polling units and as rerun elections if the election held throughout the entire constituency.

Elections

Abia State

Arochukwu State Constituency supplementary election

^[1]

Aba South State Constituency supplementary election

Akwa Ibom State

Essien Udim State Constituency supplementary election

^[2][3]

Borno State

Bayo State Constituency by-election

Nganzai State Constituency by-election

Bauchi State

Dass State Constituency by-election

Benue State

Ohimini State Constituency supplementary election

Cross River State

Abi State Constituency supplementary election

In February 2019, Alex Egbona of the APC won the regularly scheduled election for the Abi State Constituency; however, the Election Petitions Tribunal later disqualified Abdullahi and annulled the election. In January, INEC announced that the APC would not be allowed to nominate a new nominee as only eligible nominees from the annulled election would be allowed to run, it also set the date for the by-election for January 25.^[4] Bello Ahmed, the PDP nominee, defeated the ACD's Aliyu Yusuf Kwanji by 43% and over 4,000 votes.^[5]

2021 Abi State Constituency supplementary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP
	All Progressives Congress
	Other candidates
Total votes				100.00

Obudu State Constituency by-election

On June 18, 2020, the member for Obudu, Godwin Akwaji (PDP) died from an undisclosed illness suspected to be COVID-19.^[6] In August, INEC set the date for the by-election for October 31 with party primaries taking place between August 24 and September 8 in alignment with 11 other by-elections nationwide.^[7] However, on October 22, INEC postponed all 12 elections due to unrest before announcing the new date of December 5 in November.^[8][9] The PDP nominee and widow of Godwin Akwaji, Maria Akwaji defeated the APC's Godwin Agbor by 79% and nearly 30,000 votes.^[10][11] The election was conducted peacefully but had low turnout according to journalists, at 28.75%.^[12]

2020 Obudu State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Maria Akwaji	32,166	89.07
	APC	Godwin Agbor	3,546	9.82
	ADC	John Ogar	204	0.56
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	John Atelhe Undie	76	0.21
	APM	Benjamin Abeke	71	0.20
	AAC	Emmanuel Abuogbe Ali	51	0.14
Total votes			36,114	100.00
Turnout			36,619	28.75
	PDP hold

Imo State

Njaba State Constituency supplementary election

Kaduna State

Kargako State Constituency supplementary election

Sanga State Constituency supplementary election

Kano State

Bunkure State Constituency supplementary election

Madobi State Constituency supplementary election

Minjibir State Constituency supplementary election

Rogo State Constituency supplementary election

Katsina State

Bakori State Constituency by-election

On May 11, 2020, the member for Bakori, Abdulrazak Ismail Tsiga (APC) died from an undisclosed illness.^[13] In August, INEC set the date for the by-election for October 31 with party primaries taking place between August 24 and September 8 in alignment with 11 other by-elections nationwide.^[7] However, on October 22, INEC postponed all 12 elections due to unrest before announcing the new date of December 5 in November.^[8][9] The APC nominee Ibrahim Aminu defeated the PDP's Aminu Magaji by 27% and over 9,000 votes.^[14] The election was conducted peacefully according to journalists but had low turnout, at 27.58%.^[12][15]

2020 Bakori State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Ibrahim Aminu	20,446	62.30
	PDP	Aminu Magaji	11,356	34.60
	A	Abdullahi Suleman	729	2.22
	Other candidates		290	0.88
Total votes			32,821	100.00
Turnout			33,778	27.58
	APC hold

Kogi State

Ibaji State Constituency by-election

On June 4, 2020, the member for Ibaji, John Abah (APC) died from an undisclosed illness.^[16] In August, INEC set the date for the by-election for October 31 with party primaries taking place between August 24 and September 8 in alignment with 11 other by-elections nationwide.^[7] However, on October 22, INEC postponed all 12 elections due to unrest before announcing the new date of December 5 in November.^[8][9] The APC nominee Atule Egbunu defeated the PDP's Daniel Enefola by 17% and nearly 4,000 votes.^[17] The election was conducted peacefully according to journalists but had low turnout, at 19.73%.^[18]

In January 2021, the Federal High Court disqualified Egbunu due to improper processes in the APC primary after a lawsuit by another candidate in the primary and awarded the win to Daniel Enefola.^[19] In March 2021, INEC presented the Certificate of Return to Enefola.^[20] However, a Court of Appeal overturned the High Court ruling in April 2021 and ordered INEC to reissue the Certificate of Return to Egbunu.^[21]

2020 Ibaji State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Atule Egbunu	8,515	58.47
	PDP	Daniel Enefola	4,565	31.34
	SDP	Johnson Ugbaje Kenneth	1,290	8.86
	ADC	Arome Clement Omaonu	76	0.52
	APM	Modesty Emeh Monday	44	0.30
	NRM	Yakubu Adijetu	22	0.15
	AA	Sunday Ukwujede Onalo	18	0.12
Total votes			14,564	100.00
Turnout			14,870	19.73
	APC hold

Kwara State

Patigi State Constituency by-election

On December 3, 2019, the member for Patigi, Saidu Rufai (APC) died from an undisclosed illness.^[22] In February, INEC set the date for the by-election for March 14 with party primaries taking place between February 10 and February 16 in alignment with 3 other by-elections nationwide.^[23] The APC nominee and brother of Saidu Rufai, Adam Ahmed Rufai defeated the PDP's Mohammed Yahaya by 17% and nearly 6,000 votes.^[24][25] The election was conducted peacefully according to journalists but had low turnout, at 27.87%.^[26]

In September 2020, the Kwara State House of Assembly Rerun Election Petition Tribunal disqualified Rufai due to discrepancies in Rufai's documentation on whether his name was "Adam" or "Adamu" and awarded the win to Mohammed Yahaya.^[27] However, a Court of Appeal overturned the Tribunal's ruling in November and returned the mandate to Adam Rufai.^[28]

2020 Patigi State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Adam Ahmed Rufai	10,354	68.21
	PDP	Mohammed Yahaya	4,623	30.45
	ADC	Musa Zubairu	81	0.53
	AAC	Usman Shehu	70	0.46
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Benjamin Oladipo	35	0.23
	APM	Aishatu Mohammed	17	0.11
Total votes			15,180	100.00
Turnout			15,654	27.87
	APC hold

Lagos State

Kosofe II State Constituency by-election

On July 10, 2020, the member for Kosofe II, Tunde Braimoh (APC) died from an undisclosed illness suspected to be COVID-19.^[29] In August, INEC set the date for the by-election for October 31 with party primaries taking place between August 24 and September 8 in alignment with 11 other by-elections nationwide.^[7] However, on October 22, INEC postponed all 12 elections due to unrest before announcing the new date of December 5 in November.^[8][9] The APC nominee, Femi Saheed, held the seat by defeating the PDP's Sikiru Alebiosu by 80% and over 10,000 votes.^[30] The election was marred by very low voter turnout, at 5.4%.^[31]

2020 Kosofe II State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Femi Saheed	12,434	84.22
	PDP	Sikiru Alebiosu	2,068	14.01
	AAC	Sadiq Olawale	97	0.66
	ADC	Mary Abojeh	90	0.61
	AA	John Akerele	31	0.21
	LP	Adekunle Oladapo	21	0.14
	New Nigeria Peoples Party	Muyideen Agoro	14	0.09
	NRM	Ademorin Adelaja	8	0.05
Total votes			14,763	100.00
Turnout			15,124	5.40
	APC hold

Nasarawa State

Nasarawa Central State Constituency by-election

On April 30, 2020, the member for Nasarawa Central, Suleiman Adamu (APC) died from COVID-19.^[32] In June, INEC set the date for the by-election for August 8 with party primaries taking place between June 30 and July 6. The APC nominee, Ismail Danbaba, held the seat by defeating the PDP's Bage Nuhu by 24% and nearly 3,000 votes.^[33] The election had 17.22% turnout and was conducted successfully according to party officials.^[34]

2020 Nasarawa Central State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	APC	Ismail Danbaba	7,475	61.86
	PDP	Bage Nuhu	4,608	38.14
Total votes			12,083	100.00
Turnout			12,217	17.22
	APC hold

Niger State

Agwara State Constituency rerun election

In February 2019, Ahmed Abdullahi of the APC won the regularly scheduled election for the Agwara State Constituency; however, the Election Petitions Tribunal later disqualified Abdullahi and annulled the election. In January, INEC announced that the APC would not be allowed to nominate a new nominee as only eligible nominees from the annulled election would be allowed to run, it also set the date for the by-election for January 25.^[35] Bello Ahmed, the PDP nominee, defeated the ACD's Aliyu Yusuf Kwanji by 43% and over 4,000 votes.^[36]

2021 Agwara State Constituency rerun election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Bello Ahmed	5,884	63.19
	ACD	Aliyu Yusuf Kwanji	1,843	19.79
	APGA	Livinus Samaila	965	10.36
	ADC	Nafiu Muhammad	620	6.66
Total votes			9,312	100.00

Sokoto State

Binji State Constituency supplementary election

^[37]

Sokoto North II State Constituency supplementary election

^[38]

Kebbe State Constituency by-election

On December 30, 2019, the member for Kebbe, Isah Harisu (APC) died from an undisclosed illness.^[39] In February, INEC set the date for the by-election for March 14 with party primaries taking place between February 10 and February 16 in alignment with 3 other by-elections nationwide.^[23] On March 4, APC nominee Abubakar Bello Umar announced his withdrawal from the by-election and endorsement of PDP nominee Abubakar Adamu;^[40] his name remained on the ballot despite the APC's attempts to replace him.^[41] The PDP nominee, Abubakar Adamu, flipped the seat by defeating the APC's Abubakar Bello Umar by over 95% and over 15,000 votes.^[42] The election had 30.84% turnout.

2020 Kebbe State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Abubakar Adamu	15,663	97.38
	APC	Abubakar Bello Umar	254	1.58
	ADP	Abdulrahim Imam Chindo	65	0.40
	APGA	Shehu Magaji	63	0.39
	ADC	Aisha Malami	21	0.13
	APP	Adamu Musa Kebbe	15	0.09
	A	Suwaiba Labbo	4	0.02
Total votes			16,085	100.00
Turnout			16,264	30.84
	PDP gain from APC

Zamfara State

Bakura State Constituency by-election

On May 31, 2020, the member for Bakura, Tukur Jekada (PDP) died from an undisclosed illness.^[43] In August, INEC set the date for the by-election for October 31 with party primaries taking place between August 24 and September 8 in alignment with 11 other by-elections nationwide.^[7] However, on October 22, INEC postponed all 12 elections due to unrest before announcing the new date of December 5 in November.^[8][9] On December 5, early reports of a high turnout and successful voting contrasted with later reports of 3 people dead after APC and PDP supporters clashed in Bakura, the unrest along with ballot snatching and attacks on INEC staff led INEC to cancel voting in 14 polling units and declare the election inconclusive.^{[44][45][46][47]}

On December 6, INEC set December 9 for the supplementary election in the 14 polling outstanding units.^[48] On December 8, the state APC announced its intention to boycott the supplementary election, claiming to have lost confidence in INEC and law enforcement due to the conduct of the original election date.^[49] After the supplementary election, final results showed Ibrahim Tukur, the PDP nominee, defeating runner-up Bello Dankande (APC) by 18% and over 7,000 votes.^[50] The day after the election, APC began litigation against INEC and the PDP, seeking to hold another by-election due to alleged fraud but on May 29, 2021, a 3-judge panel of a election petition tribunal dismissed the APC's case and upheld Tukur's election.^[51] The election ultimately had 47.04% turnout.

2020 Bakura State Constituency by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP	Ibrahim Tukur	23,874	58.85
	APC	Bello Dankande	16,546	40.79
	Other candidates		146	0.36
Total votes			40,566	100.00
Turnout			40,809	47.04
	PDP hold

See also

• 2020 Nigerian Senate elections
• 2020 Nigerian House of Representatives elections

References

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