Taraba State Election Result (Governorship)

.. The Independent National Electoral Commission has officially declared the PDP candidate, Darius Ishiaku winner of the governorship election in Taraba state.


The INEC returning officer for the state, Muhammad Kyari, declared Mr. Darius governor-elect, having scored the highest number of votes and winning a quarter of the votes in almost all the local government areas in the state.

Darius Ishaku of PDP

Aisha Alhassan of APC

When the votes earned by both candidates in both the April 11 and April 25 elections are added, Mr. Ishiaku’s cumulative ballots came to 360,318 to the APC’s candidate 275,985.

The 2015 governorship in Taraba state enjoyed huge following across the country with several activists and young people backing the APC candidate to make history as the first female governor in the country’s history.

Check result of 2015 Taraba state supplementary governorship election here.