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Stateconcluded18 March 2023

2023 Plateau State Governorship Election

Caleb Mutfwang (PDP) was declared winner of the 18 March 2023 Plateau State governorship election with 525,299 votes, ahead of Nentanwe Yilwatda Goshwe (APC, 481,400) and Patrick Dakum (LP, 60,310). The Court of Appeal sacked Caleb Mutfwang on 19 Nov 2023; the Supreme Court upheld his election on 12 Jan 2024. 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, Plateau·18 candidates · 2.8M 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

1.1M

Winning share

49.2%

Caleb Mutfwang

PDP · Caleb Mutfwang

525.3k

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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