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