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Incumbent Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has bagged another term in office after winning the supplementary election held on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

APC's Lalong wins Plateau Governorship Election | Pulse Nigeria

Jude Egbas

<p>Lalong, who ran on the platform of the <strong>All Progressives Congress (APC)</strong> polled 595,582 votes, while<strong> Jeremiah Useni </strong>of the <strong>Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),</strong> secured 546,813 votes, according to the <strong>Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).</strong></p>

<p>Richard Kirmbi, returning officer for the election, made the declaration in the early hours of Sunday. </p>

<p>The March 9 governorship election in Plateau and a couple of other states, was declared “inconclusive” because the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the two leading candidates.</p>

<p>Kano, Bauchi and Sokoto also held supplementary elections on Saturday, March 23.</p>

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<p>The official results from all three states are yet to be declared by the electoral commission at the time of filing this story. </p>

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<p>The Plateau supplementary election took place across nine local government areas of the state.</p>

APC's Lalong wins Plateau Governorship Election

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