User:Kambai Akau/2011 Kaduna gubernatorial election

The 2011 Kaduna State gubernatorial election occurred on April 28, 2011, after a two-day delay due to security concerns. Of the over five political parties contesting, just two were formidable, the PDP and newly formed CPC. The PDP candidate and incumbent governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, defeated Haruna Saeed of CPC and 12 others, polling 52.34% of the total valid votes.

Results
A total of 14 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. The PDP candidate won with a total valid vote of 1,334,319 ballots representing 52.36% of the total votes, closely followed by the CPC candidate who polled 1,133,564 ballot votes representing 44.46% of the total vote cast. ANPP got 33,142 votes, PRP 21,200 votes, and ACN 20,094 votes.

There were 3,689,340 registered voters across the state, but only 2,516,144 participated in the exercise. Documented invalid votes were 34,350, total valid votes were 2,549,466.