2023 Bauchi State gubernatorial election

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2023 Bauchi State gubernatorial election
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Party APC PDP
Governor before election

Bala Mohammed
PDP

Elected Governor

TBD
TBD

The 2023 Bauchi State gubernatorial election will take place in early 2023, to elect the Governor of Bauchi State. Incumbent PDP Governor Bala Mohammed is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so. The primaries will be scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.

Electoral system[]

The Governor of Bauchi State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.

Primary elections[]

The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place in late 2022 or early 2023. There have not been largescale pushes for zoning the governorship but some candidates and community leaders under the group Zauren Mutanen Bauchi have requested that the governorship be zoned to either the Bauchi North or Central senatorial districts. However, no major party has yet closed their primaries to candidates from the South.[1]

APC[]

Potential[]

PDP[]

Potential[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2023: Group Advocates For Zoning, Power Shift In Bauchi". Wikki Times. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Agwam, Charly. "2023: Bauchi gov, Rep on warpath over house demolition, title revocation". Vanguard. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Duguri, Umar Usman. "Bauchi 2023: Top Candidates To Battle Gov Bala". Desert Herald. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ Adenuga, David. "2023: Ex-Bauchi Gov, Abubakar plots return, reconciles with Dogara". The Nation. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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