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Sokoto Governorship Election
Planned Mundx Election Hub page for the sokoto governorship election, scheduled for 6 February 2027.
Until Election Day · 6 February 2027
This page does not declare an election result. Only INEC declares official election results.
Election candidates
Candidates for Sokoto
Provisional nominations
5 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.
5 tracked candidates · 5 partiesNowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Sokoto countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
ADCAfrican Democratic Congress
APCAll Progressives CongressAhmad Aliyu
Incumbent
LPLabour PartyAbdulrrahim Chindo
NDCNigeria Democratic CongressAliyu Shamsudeen Ahmad
PDPPeoples Democratic PartyAbdullah Sokoto Abubakar
Statewide context
Sokoto election geography
- Incumbent candidate
- Ahmad Aliyu
- Local government areas
- 23
- Wards
- 244
- Polling units
- 3,991
- 2023 registered voters
- 2,172,056
State context
About the Sokoto 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 Sokoto, this statewide contest spans 23 LGAs, 244 wards and 3,991 polling units. The 2023 register contained 2,172,056 voters. These figures provide context; the 2027 register may change before polling day.
Evidence and revisions
Sources and update history
Primary references
- INEC 2027 General Election Timetable ↗ — dates and candidate-list milestones.
- INEC Polling Unit Register ↗ — LGA, ward and polling-unit geography.
- INEC 2023 Registered Voters and PVCs ↗ — 2023 state register.
- INEC 2023 General Election Report ↗ — 2023 result context.
- Nigeria Governors' Forum ↗ — incumbent-governor reference.
Revision history
- 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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