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The 2008 Adamawa State gubernatorial by-election occurred on April 26, 2008.[1][2][3] Incumbent PDP Governor Murtala Nyako won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ACN candidate to emerge winner.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Murtala Nyako emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Bala James Ngilari.[21]
The Governor of Adamawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.
There were 12 parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election.[2] The two main contenders were PDP Governor Murtala Nyako, who won the contest, and ACN's Markus Gundiri, who follows closely.[22][23][24]
Candidate | Party | |
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Murtala Nyako | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | |
Markus Gundiri | Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) | |
Joel Madaki | Labour Party (Nigeria) (LP) | |
Others | ||
Total | ||
Source: Online Nigeria[2] |