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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

Candidates for Bauchi

Provisional nominations

8 candidates are currently tracked for this contest. This provisional tracker may not yet reproduce every name displayed at the state INEC office; names and affiliations remain subject to correction or replacement.

8 tracked candidates · 8 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Bauchi countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Halliru Dauda Jika

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar

Allied Peoples Movement logoAPMAllied Peoples Movement

Yakubu Adamu

Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Aliyu Idris Muhammad

Nigeria Democratic Congress logoNDCNigeria Democratic Congress

Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad

Peoples Democratic Party logoPDPPeoples Democratic Party

Usman Ahmed Sufi

Peoples Redemption Party logoPRPPeoples Redemption Party

Shehu Buba Umar

Zenith Labour Party logoZLPZenith Labour Party

Lami Babageidam Saraki

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. 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 will move from provisional nominations to the final candidate list, live result reporting and the declared result. Mundx will record material substitutions, withdrawals and result corrections here. Until the complete official state list is independently verified, the count is labelled “currently tracked” rather than complete.

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