2019 Nigerian Senate election in the Federal Capital Territory
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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in the FCT held on 23 February 2019, to elect the member of the Nigerian Senate to represent the Federal Capital Territory. Philips Tanimu Adada representing the FCT senatorial district won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.{{Cite web|title=Election Centre|url=https://nigeriaelections.stearsng.com/state/FC/senate/2019|access-date=2021-08-11|website=nigeriaelections.stearsng.com}}{{Cite news|title=Confam INEC list of elected Nigeria Senators|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-47534951|access-date=2021-08-31}}{{Cite web|date=2019-03-12|title=List of all Senators elected in 2019 National Assembly elections|url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/list-of-all-senators-elected-in-2019-national-assembly-elections/nxp70r9|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}}{{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=2021-08-31|language=en-US|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820060841/https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/12/02/senators-from-1999-till-date/|url-status=dead}}
Overview
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! rowspan="3" |Affiliation ! colspan="2" |Party ! rowspan="3" |Total |
| style="background-color:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}" | |
| APC
!PDP |
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| Before Election
|0 |1 !1 |
| After Election
|0 |1 !1 |
Summary
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! class="unsortable" |District ! class="unsortable" |Incumbent ! colspan="2" |Party ! class="unsortable" |Elected Senator ! colspan="2" |Party |
| FCT
| style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | |PDP | style="background:{{party color|People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}};" | |PDP |
Results
= FCT =
A total of 32 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Philips Tanimu Aduda won the election, defeating APC candidate Zaphaniah Jisalo Bitrus and 30 other party candidates. Aduda received 61.41% of the votes, while Jisalo received 34.64%.{{Cite web|title=INEC RESULT SHEET FCT SENATORIAL ELECTIONS 2019|url=https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FCT-SD.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108011053/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FCT-SD.pdf |archive-date=2019-11-08 }}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-25|title=PDP's Aduda Emerges Winner of FCT Senatorial Election|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/02/25/pdps-aduda-emerges-winner-of-fct-senatorial-election/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=THISDAYLIVE|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Odunsi|first=Wale|date=2019-06-27|title=Why PDP's Philip Aduda should be sacked from Senate - Petitioners|url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/06/27/apcs-philip-aduda-sacked-senate-petitioners/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-24|title=FCT senatorial results arrive Garki collation centre|url=https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/fct-senatorial-results-arrive-garki-collation-centre/7ge2jq5|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-25|title=PDP Candidates clear FCT polls|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/pdp-candidates-clear-fct-polls/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Odunsi|first=Wale|date=2019-02-26|title=Nigeria elections: PDP's Aduda floors APC, emerges winner of FCT senatorial election|url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/02/26/nigeria-elections-pdps-aduda-floors-apc-emerges-winner-fct-senatorial-election/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-07-02|title=Senate gets Principal officers|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-gets-principal-officers/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics|language=en-US}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|candidate=Philips Tanimu Aduda|votes=263,055|percentage=61.41%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=All Progressives Congress|candidate=Zaphaniah Jisalo|votes=148,401|percentage=34.64%}}
{{Election box candidate no change|party=Others|candidate=|votes=16,903|percentage=3.95%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=428,359|percentage=100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}
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References
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{{Elections in the Federal Capital Territory}}
{{2019 Nigeria elections}}