Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Bala Mohammed,  has won the Bauchi State governorship election. Bala defeated the incumbent governor, Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress by polling a total  of 515,113 votes to defeat  Abubabakar who got 500,625 votes.

The State Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Kyari Mohammed, who announced the result at exactly 11.18pm on Monday said: “I, Prof. Kyari Mohammed, declare that I was the Returning Officer of the election in Bauchi State and that Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of the PDP, has satisfied the requirements of the law and having scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”

INEC resumed the collation of results of the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state after a Federal High Court in Abuja vacated an order which it gave on March 19.