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Stateconcluded18 March 2023

2023 Kano State Governorship Election

Abba Kabir Yusuf (NNPP) was declared winner of the 18 March 2023 Kano State governorship election with 1,019,602 votes, ahead of Nasir Yusuf Gawuna (APC, 890,705) and Sadiq Wali (PDP, 15,957). The Kano tribunal on 20 Sep 2023 nullified Abba Kabir Yusuf's election, deducting 165,663 votes it ruled invalid, and awarded it to Nasir Gawuna. On 12 Jan 2024 the Supreme Court affirmed Yusuf as governor, reversing the Appeal Court and tribunal judgments. No per-LGA results: Wikipedia's LGA table for this race is missing, has undeclared (TBD) cells or does not reconcile with the declared candidate totals.

Governor, Kano·17 candidates · 5.9M registered·Declared 20 March 2023

Election concluded. Certified results below.

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Certified result · INEC

Sourced from INEC. Updates as official numbers are declared.

Votes counted

2.0M

Winning share

51.9%

Abba Kabir Yusuf

NNPP · Abba Kabir Yusuf

1.0M

Platform poll · where citizens stand

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Timeline
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    Election day

    18 Mar 2023

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    Result declared by INEC

    20 Mar 2023

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