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2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State

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The 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Simon Ajibola representing Kwara South, Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki representing Kwara Central and Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa representing Kwara North all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
PDP AC
Before Election 3
After Election 3 0 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Kwara South Simon Ajibola PDP
Kwara Central Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki PDP
Kwara North Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa PDP

Results

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Kwara South

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The election was won by Simon Ajibola of the Peoples Democratic Party.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Simon Ajibola
Total votes
PDP hold

Kwara Central

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The election was won by Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki of the Peoples Democratic Party.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki
Total votes
PDP hold

Kwara North

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The election was won by Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa of the Peoples Democratic Party.[3][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]

2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa
Total votes
PDP hold

References

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