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1999 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State

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The 1999 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State was held on February 20, 1999, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Gombe State. Saidu Kumo representing Gombe Central won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Umar Usman Dukku representing Gombe North and Idris Abubakar representing Gombe South won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.[1][2][3]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
PDP ANPP
Before Election 3
After Election 1 2 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Gombe Central Saidu Kumo PDP
Gombe South Idris Abubakar ANPP
Gombe North Umar Usman Dukku ANPP

Results

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Gombe Central

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The election was won by Saidu Kumo of the Peoples Democratic Party.[4]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Saidu Kumo
Total votes
PDP hold

Gombe South

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The election was won by Idris Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.[5]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State
Party Candidate Votes %
ANPP Idris Abubakar
Total votes
ANPP hold

Gombe North

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The election was won by Umar Usman Dukku of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.[6]

1999 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State
Party Candidate Votes %
ANPP Umar Usman Dukku
Total votes
ANPP hold

Replacement

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Idris Abubakar representing Gombe South, died on the 11th of December 2002 and was replaced by Tawar Umbi Wada of the PDP

References

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  1. ^ "NIGERIA: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 2003". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. ^ "Elections in Nigeria". africanelections.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ "Africa Update". web.ccsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ^ Uganwa, Austin (2014). NIGERIA FOURTH REPUBLIC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. ISBN 978-1-4990-8875-5.
  5. ^ "Senators From 1999 Till Date -". 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  6. ^ "SENATORS". dawodu.com. Archived from the original on 2003-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-22.