2015 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State was held on March 28, 2015, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Edo State. Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North won on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, while Matthew Urhoghide representing Edo South and Clifford Ordia representing Edo Central won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.{{Cite web|title=Election Centre|url=https://nigeriaelections.stearsng.com/state/ED/senate/2015|access-date=2021-08-14|website=nigeriaelections.stearsng.com}}
Overview
Summary
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! class="unsortable" |District ! class="unsortable" |Incumbent ! colspan="2" |Party ! class="unsortable" |Elected Senator ! colspan="2" |Party |
| Edo Central
|PDP | style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | |PDP | style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | |
| Edo South
|APC | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP | style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | |
| Edo North
|APC | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |APC | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |
= Edo Central =
The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Clifford Ordia won the election, defeating, APC candidate Francis Inegbeniki and other party candidates.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=Senators From 1999 Till Date -|url=https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/12/02/senators-from-1999-till-date/|access-date=2021-09-17|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820060841/https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/12/02/senators-from-1999-till-date/|url-status=dead}}
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= Edo South =
The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Matthew Urhoghide won the election, defeating, APC candidate Samson Osagie and other party candidates.{{Cite web|date=2015-03-30|title=PDP clinches Senate, House of Reps seats in Edo|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/pdp-clinches-senate-house-of-reps-seats-in-edo/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}
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= Edo North =
The two major parties All Progressives Congress, and People's Democratic Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Francis Alimikhena won the election, defeating, PDP candidate Paschal Ugbome and other party candidates.{{Cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF 8TH SENATE|url=https://placng.org/i/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/List-of-Members-of-8th-Senate.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421114500/https://placng.org/i/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/List-of-Members-of-8th-Senate.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-21 }}{{Cite web|title=INEC RESULT SHEET 2015 SENATE ELECTION|url=https://inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2015-UPDATED-ELECTED-SENATORS-ELECTED-ONLY-10.04.15.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625003033/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2015-UPDATED-ELECTED-SENATORS-ELECTED-ONLY-10.04.15.xlsx |archive-date=2021-06-25 }}
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References
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