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Zamfara Governorship Election

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

Until Election Day · 6 February 2027

Election date
6 February 2027
Geography
Zamfara · North West
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 Zamfara

Provisional nominations

4 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.

4 tracked candidates · 4 parties
NowProvisional candidatesCandidate nominations and key dates
6 OctFinal candidate listConfirmed candidates and parties
Election dayLive Zamfara countVotes, reporting coverage and checks
After declarationPermanent resultWinner, complete totals and LGA results
African Democratic Congress logoADCAfrican Democratic Congress

Bilyaminu Aliyu Shinkafi

All Progressives Congress logoAPCAll Progressives Congress

Dauda Lawal

Incumbent
Labour Party logoLPLabour Party

Ahmed Yahuza

Social Democratic Party logoSDPSocial Democratic Party

Hamza Musa Mai Bulawus

Statewide context

Zamfara election geography

Incumbent candidate
Dauda Lawal
Local government areas
14
Wards
147
Polling units
3,529
2023 registered voters
1,926,870

State context

About the Zamfara 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 Zamfara, this statewide contest spans 14 LGAs, 147 wards and 3,529 polling units. The 2023 register contained 1,926,870 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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