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Stateconcluded18 March 2023

2023 Taraba State Governorship Election

Kefas Agbu (PDP) was declared winner of the 18 March 2023 Taraba State governorship election; next were Muhammad Sani Yahaya (NNPP, 202,277) and Emmanuel Bwacha (APC, 142,502). The tribunal upheld Kefas Agbu's election on 30 Sep 2023, the Court of Appeal affirmed it on 28 Nov 2023 and the Supreme Court affirmed it on 25 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, Taraba·18 candidates · 2.0M registered·Declared 21 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

344.8k

Winning share

58.7%

Muhammad Sani Yahaya

NNPP · Muhammad Sani Yahaya

202.3k

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

    21 Mar 2023

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