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Bauchi Governorship Election

Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the bauchi governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Bauchi · North East
INEC contest code
Statewide contest
Page status
Pre-election page; no results are published.

This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.

Election candidates

Final candidates for Bauchi Governor and Deputy Governor

Final candidate list

15 tickets appear on INEC's final list for this contest. Governor and deputy-governor names are reproduced in the order published by INEC.

15 confirmed tickets · 15 parties
Nominations Candidate submissionsParty nominees submitted to INEC
Final list 15 tickets confirmedGovernor and deputy-governor candidates
Election day Live Bauchi countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declaration Permanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
African Action Congress logoAACAfrican Action Congress

Adamu Abdullahi

Deputy Governor: Imam Shehu

African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Halliru Dauda Jika

Deputy Governor: Sama'ila Mohammed Kabir

Action Democratic Party logoADPAction Democratic Party

Shehu Jinda Yunusa

Deputy Governor: Muhammad Badia Lawan

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Abubakar Mohammed Abdullahi

Deputy Governor: Mustapha Farouk

All Progressives Grand Alliance logoAPGAAll Progressives Grand Alliance

Naziru Usman

Deputy Governor: Aminu Mohammed Kabiru

Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Adamu Yakubu

Deputy Governor: Babamaji Mahmood

Action Peoples Party logoAPPAction Peoples Party

Abdulhamid Kabiru Shuwa

Deputy Governor: Yunusa Mamuda

Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Aliyu Idris Muhammad

Deputy Governor: Samako Yilkat

Nigeria Democratic Congress logoNDCNigeria Democratic Congress

Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad

Deputy Governor: Tata Alhaji

National Democratic Party logoNDPNational Democratic Party

Haruna Muhammad Ningi

Deputy Governor: Shehu Usman Abdu

National Rescue Movement logoNRMNational Rescue Movement

Zaharaddin Muhammad Muhammad

Deputy Governor: Umar Kabiru

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Adamu Usman Ahmed

Deputy Governor: Alin Bababa Abdulkadir

Peoples Redemption Party logoPRPPeoples Redemption Party

Umar Shehu Buba

Deputy Governor: Aliyu Tijjani Mohammed

Young Progressives Party logoYPPYoung Progressives Party

Aliyu Umar A.g

Deputy Governor: Bello Buhari

Zenith Labour Party logoZLPZenith Labour Party

Babageidam Lami

Deputy Governor: Aliyu Shafiu Garba

Election results

The Bauchi Count

Checking publication status
No results have been published.This permanent page will update automatically when verified polling-unit results become available.

Polling unit

Statewide context

Bauchi election geography

Local government areas
20
Wards
212
Polling units
5,423
2023 registered voters
2,749,268

State context

About the Bauchi governorship election

The governor leads the state executive, implements state laws and public programmes, proposes the state budget and appoints commissioners subject to the constitutional role of the State House of Assembly.

In Bauchi, this statewide contest spans 20 LGAs, 212 wards and 5,423 polling units. The 2023 register contained 2,749,268 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.

Evidence and revisions

Sources and update history

Primary references

Revision history

  1. Imported and independently checked INEC's final list of 15 governor and deputy-governor tickets for Bauchi.
  2. Corrected the ADC governorship slate from the official list and added the party's deputy-governor nominees in all 28 states.
  3. Published the provisional candidate tracker in party order with logos, election geography, 2023 baseline, sources and the permanent election lifecycle.
How this page will change

This permanent URL now carries the state-level final candidate list published by INEC. Mundx will record material corrections, substitutions and election results here without changing the contest URL.

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