Kano State: 2027 ballot

Official sources only. Facts come from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Candidates will be added only from INEC’s published final list. Vote Book does not publish polls.

On your ballot

President and Vice President (Sat, Jan 16, 2027)
Senator: 3 senatorial districts in Kano (Jan 16)
House of Representatives: your federal constituency (Jan 16)
Governor and Deputy Governor (Sat, Feb 6, 2027)
State House of Assembly: your state constituency (Feb 6)

Senate candidates (Jan 16)

Kano Central (18 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ISAH DIKKO MOHAMMED	43	M
AA	ALIYU A. IMRAN	36	M
ADP	SAID MUHAMMAD HAFIZ	54	M
APP	FAROUQ BELLO ABDULQADEER	50	M
AAC	ALIYU RABI	39	F
ADC	SAMAILA ABDULLAHI MUKHTAR	41	M
APC	SHEKARAU IBRAHIM	70	M
APGA	MUSTAPHA TIJJANI BALA	37	M
APM	ABDU SULE	53	M
DLA	UMAR ABDULLAHI	57	M
NDP	MUSA MUKHTARI	41	M
NRM	SALEH ALI YAHAYA	44	M
NDC	YUSUF NASIRU GAWUNA	59	M
PDP	SANKARA NAFIU DANLADI	35	M
PRP	HAMZA MUHAMMAD NAJIB	46	M
SDP	ADO MUSA CHEDI	66	M
YPP	MUKHTAR SARKI	40	M
ZLP	SANI JAMILU	40	M

Kano North (15 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MUHAMMAD NURADDEEN	65	M
APP	AHMAD BABANGIDA JIBRIN	41	M
AAC	AHMAD ASHIRU	38	M
ADC	SALEH SHEHU KUIDAWA	68	M
APC	BARAU I. JIBRIN	67	M
APM	ABDULLAHI YAU	35	M
LP	MUHAMMED MUHAMMED TAKASAI	49	M
NDP	MUHAMMED JAMILA	45	F
NRM	KABIRU ABUBAKAR ALHASSAN	38	M
NDC	USMAN SUNUSI DANBATTA	68	M
PDP	SAGIR ABDULKADIR AHMAD	50	M
PRP	ISA ABDULKARIM AHMADU	53	M
SDP	SANI MUHD DANBATTA	64	M
YPP	IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD	46	M
ZLP	MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM	50	M

Kano South (15 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
AA	MAMMAN ADO	65	M
ADP	IBRAHIM ISMAILIA	67	M
APP	NURA NAMADI BEBEJI	47	M
AAC	MUHAMMAD SHU'AIBU ALIYU	45	M
ADC	BABA AMINU ZUBAIR	55	M
APC	KAWU SULEIMAN ABDURRAHAMAN	58	M
APM	SHEHU RABIU	46	M
LP	ALIYU SULE	59	M
NDP	UMAR ABDULLAHI	37	M
NRM	YUSUF SHA'ARANI MUHAMMAD	43	M
NDC	IBRAHIM KASSIM BATAIYA	64	M
PDP	ISA UMAR SAMBO	62	M
SDP	ALIYU YAHAYA KULLUWA	62	M
YPP	INUWA MUHAMMAD	44	M
ZLP	SHU'AIBU YAHAYA	42	M

Details are shown exactly as printed in INEC’s final list (INEC, PDF), signed by the Secretary to the Commission. Names are in INEC’s order (often surname first). Vote Book does not rank or endorse candidates.

House of Representatives candidates (Jan 16)

Albasu/Gaya/Ajingi (13 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	TUKUR MUHAMMAD	42	M
APP	GARBA MAGAJI	32	M
ADC	KABIRU ABDULLAHI JOBE	34	M
APC	MUSTAPHA TIJJANI GHALI	46	M
APM	LAWAL MAKAMA	61	M
DLA	ABDULLAHI ADAMU	41	M
LP	ANAS TIJJANI NAIYA	32	M
NRM	DANYARO HARUNA	51	M
NDC	SURAJO SHAMSU UBALE	39	M
PDP	YAKUBU AHMED	42	M
PRP	ABDULKARIM ALIYU ABUBAKAR	30	M
SDP	SHEHU ADO AJINGI	43	M
ZLP	IBRAHIM BASHIR	29	M

Shanono/Bagwai (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	IBRAHIM ABDULHADI MUHAMMAD	47	M
APP	RABIU HASSAN	37	M
APC	AHMAD YUSUF	65	M
APM	YUSUF GADANYA	25	M
DLA	TANIMU ALI	36	M
NRM	TUKUR IBRAHIM UMAR	41	M
NDC	ISYAKU ADO DADDAUDA	59	M
PDP	ISYAKU YUSUF GADANYA	46	M
SDP	USMAN MUSA SHANONO	26	M

Bebeji/Kiru (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR	35	M
APP	DANTAMALAMA ABDULRAZAQ	35	M
APC	JIBRIN ABDULMUMIN	49	M
APM	ABAHURAIRA IBRAHIM	30	M
DLA	NURA MUHAMMAD	57	M
NDC	UZAIRU MAHMUD	46	M
PDP	ABUBAKAR MANSUR	38	M

Bichi (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
APP	MUHAMMAD NASIRU	40	M
ADC	IBRAHIM HAMZA YAHAYA	39	M
APC	KABIR ABUBAKAR ABUBAKAR	44	M
APM	IBRAHIM SANI	56	M
NRM	ABDULLAHI ISMAIL	53	M
NDC	SHEHU SAMINU AMUMA	44	M
PDP	HASSAN SULAMAN HARUNA	43	M
SDP	NASIRU MUSA	58	M

Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	JIBRIN ABUBAKAR	36	M
APP	MUHAMMAD HARUNA	33	M
APC	ALHASSAN KABIRU USMAN RURUM	56	M
APM	BELLO MUHAMMAD	31	M
NDC	YUSUF JIBRIL	37	M
SDP	HAMISU DANLADI KIBIYA	44	M

Dala (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
AA	SANI LABARAN HARUNA	56	M
ADP	ZAKARI MUDASSIR	43	M
APP	KABIR ABBA	32	M
ADC	BASHIR MUHAMMED YUSUF	46	M
APC	SANI ALIYU MADAKI	59	M
NRM	MAHMUD AISHA ABBA	28	F
NDC	UMAR AVM IBRAHIM	63	M
PDP	ISHAQ MUSTAPHA ABUBAKAR	40	M
PRP	ALI RABIU ALI	46	M
SDP	MAMUD A. GARBA	58	M
YPP	HUSSAINI MUSA	29	M

Gwale (15 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	BASHIR FARUK BABA	42	M
ADP	KAMFA JAFAR ADAM	41	M
APP	MUHAMMAD ABDULRAZAK	25	M
AAC	AHMAD HALIMA	58	F
ADC	WADA SULEIMAN MASU	67	M
APC	MOHAMMAD GARBA IBRAHIM	68	M
APM	SAMINU NASIRU ALIYU	29	M
DLA	SHEHU ISMAILA ABUBAKAR	46	M
LP	GARBA SALISU	51	M
NRM	BALA NURA	32	M
NDC	HAMISU MUHAMMAD	38	M
PDP	YASIR RAMADAN	41	M
PRP	SANI ABUBAKAR ABUBAKAR	27	M
SDP	MURTALA KABIRU MUHAMMAD	36	M
YPP	ABDULMALIK YAHYA	27	M

Dambatta/Makoda (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ABDULLAHI BABALE	44	M
APP	MUHAMMAD HABIBU	32	M
APC	IBRAHIM HAMISU	65	M
APM	MUHAMMAD GARBA	60	M
DLA	AMINU MUKHTAR MAGAJI	42	M
NDC	YUNUSA UMAR METSIDAU	64	M
PDP	SANI HAMISU	34	M
YPP	BILAL RABIU	27	M

Dawakin Kudu/Warawa (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	TIJJANI UMAR	53	M
AA	ABUBAKAR MAHMUD	30	M
ADP	LABARAN MUSTAPHA	41	M
APP	SULE MUKTAR YAKUBU	41	M
ADC	ANAS AMINU ABDURRAHMAN	64	M
APC	RABIU SHUAIBU	34	M
APM	LAWAN GARBA HARUNA	36	M
NRM	SUNUSI SAMAILA	28	M
NDC	BALA MUSTAPHA DAWAKI	57	M
PDP	ALKASSIM MUSTAPHA	42	M
YPP	NAZIFI SALEH	43	M

Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimin Gado (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MUSTAPHA MAGAJI	41	M
APP	MUHAMMAD ABDULSALAM	31	M
ADC	MUHAMMAD BASHIR TOFA	34	M
APC	ABDULKADIR TIJJANI JOBE	56	M
APM	BELLO IBRAHIM ADAMU	42	M
NRM	SHAMSUDDEEN UBA TOFA	41	M
NDC	BALARABE MUKHTAR MUSTAPHA	51	M
PDP	GARBA AMINU AHMAD	35	M
YPP	HASSAN ALKASIM	30	M

Doguwa/Tudun Wada (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	HASHIMU SULAIMAN	31	M
APP	HASHIM YUSUF	42	M
APC	GARBA ALHASSAN ADO	61	M
APM	MAHARAZU ANAS	27	M
DLA	DAHIRU FALGORI	34	M
NRM	NURA SALISU DAWAYE	34	M
NDC	SULEIMAN UMAR UMAR	38	M
PRP	HARUNA MUSA	26	M
YPP	YAHAYA MUSA	39	M

Gezawa/Gabasawa (13 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	MIKO MUKHTAR	35	M
ADP	SAGIRU KAMALU	38	M
APP	SANI AMINU	40	M
AAC	INUSA HALLIRU	57	M
ADC	AHMAD SANI AHMAD	32	M
APC	CHIROMA MOHAMMED GARBA	62	M
APM	YA'U LAWAN	62	M
NRM	IDRIS ABUBAKAR	60	M
NDC	LIMAN ABDULHALIM ABDULLAHI	37	M
PDP	ADAMU BABANGIDA ALI	39	M
PRP	ABDULLAHI ABDULLAHI SANUSI	39	M
SDP	SABO ABDULKADIR	52	M
YPP	ABDULMAJID SHEHU	29	M

Gwarzo/Kabo (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	HAMIDAN ILIYASU	33	M
APP	MUSABHU YAKUBU	36	M
ADC	BALA GETSO MUSTAPHA	42	M
APC	MU'AZU ABDULLAHI	48	M
APM	AMINU YUSUF GARBA	40	M
DLA	ISMAIL HASHIM	44	M
LP	LABARAN RUFA'I ISAH	29	M
NDC	DAHIRU ABDULLAHI AMINU	31	M
PDP	MUKTAR MUHAMMED SAIFULLAHI	36	M

Municipal (14 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ABARE SANI	52	M
ADP	ADO KAMILU	60	M
APP	MUDI UMAR AHMADU	39	M
AAC	AMINU ABUBAKAR DANEJI	34	M
ADC	ABUBAKAR KABIR MUHAMMAD	46	M
APC	KOKI SAGIR IBRAHIM	63	M
APM	YAR MUHAMMAD GALI	62	M
NRM	SANI ABUBAKAR	35	M
NDC	IBRAHIM YUSUF KOFARMATA	40	M
PDP	BALA SHAMSU MUHAMMED	48	M
PRP	AHMED GARBA IBRAHIM	48	M
SDP	DR. JAMILU ALHASSAN	38	M
YPP	SAMINU ABUBAKAR	37	M
ZLP	ADAM AMINU SANI	44	M

Tarauni (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	MUSA NURA	58	M
ADP	ABDULLAHI ALKASIM ABUBAKAR	43	M
APP	BASHIR ABUBAKAR	29	M
APC	BALA NASIR AMINU	31	M
APM	MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA ALI	26	M
DLA	ISMA’IL MUHAMMAD	52	M
NRM	AMINU AHMAD UMAR	52	M
NDC	ZAKARI MUKHTAR UMAR	52	M
PDP	IBRAHIM ABUBAKAR MAINA	33	M
PRP	SUNUSI SADIQ MAINASARA	31	M
SDP	ABDULKARIM ALIYU YAKUBU	47	M
YPP	AYUBA YUSUF	27	M

Karaye/Rogo (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	HUDU ABDURRAHMAN	41	M
APP	WADA YAU JIBRIN	33	M
ADC	HARUNA YAHAYA KADANA	33	M
APC	SANI ABDULLAHI ROGO	68	M
APM	YAHYA RIDWAN ZAREWA	26	M
NDC	MOHAMMED SALISU TUDUNKAYA	51	M
PDP	ABDULLAHI MUHAMMAD AUWAL	39	M
SDP	UMAR HABUBAKAR ASHIRU KARAYE	40	M

Kumbotso (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	INUWA BASHIR	62	M
ADP	IMAM SHAHEED	35	M
APP	MUHAMMAD AHMAD	32	M
ADC	HASSAN ILIYASU ADAMU	42	M
APC	DANKAWU IDRIS	48	M
APM	BASHIR ALHAJI SALEH	42	M
NRM	KASIM SHA'AIBU ISAH	31	M
NDC	UMAR IBRAHIM BALLA	50	M
PDP	MUHAMMAD AUWAL MUHAMMAD	44	M
PRP	SANI KABARA USMAN	47	M
YPP	MUSTAPHA ALHASSAN	25	M

Kura/Madobi/Garun Mallam (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
AA	RABIU MUHD MUHAMMAD	40	M
ADP	ABDULLAHI AMINU	45	M
APP	SUNUSI JIBRIN ILIYASU	37	M
ADC	AMINU IBRAHIM DANHASSAN	54	M
APC	ISHAQ SULAIMAN MUKTAR	48	M
APM	ABUBAKAR HARISU ABDULLAHI	27	M
NRM	MEKUDI BALARABE	38	M
NDC	UMAR YUSUF DATTI	41	M
PDP	ADAM HARUNA ALHASSAN	41	M
PRP	MAIKUDI BABALLE BALA	35	M
YPP	ALIYU SAIDU	41	M

Nassarawa (13 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	SHEHU UMAR	45	M
ADP	AHMAD BINTA	27	F
APP	ABDULLAHI SANI MUAZU	37	M
ADC	SAID IBRAHIM NAKOWA	40	M
APC	HUSSAIN HASSAN SHEHU	46	M
APM	KAWU YUSUF MUHAMMAD	26	M
DLA	NAZIR DAN HALAK	33	M
NRM	IDRIS MUSA IDRIS	33	M
NDC	KASSIM MUSTAPHA ALIYU	53	M
PDP	MUHAMMED JAMILU AHMED	41	M
PRP	MUSTAPHA ISMAIL MAINASARA	32	M
SDP	USMAN BALA IBRAHIM	43	M
YPP	AMINU BALARABE	26	M

Fagge (10 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	BABAGANA MUHAMMAD	49	M
APP	FAGGE ABUBAKAR SULEMAN	54	M
ADC	ABDULLAHI SULAIMAN YARO	54	M
APC	SHEHU MUHAMMAD BELLO	42	M
APM	BASHIR SAIDU FAGGE	57	M
DLA	AHMAD SALISU ISYAKU	52	M
NDC	SULAIMAN AMINU GORO	61	M
PDP	IBRAHIM INTINI TUKUR	61	M
PRP	FAGGE NURA MUHAMMED	65	M
YPP	ABUBAKAR LAWAN	26	M

Sumaila/Takai (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MUHAMMAD AMINU	41	M
APP	BILYA ABBA	29	M
ADC	NAZIFI BELLO	33	M
APC	YUSUF RABIU	50	M
APM	SA’ADU UBALE	36	M
DLA	ADAMU AUTA GIRBAU	35	M
NRM	ABUBAKAR LAWAN	39	M
NDC	UBA ABBAS SARAKI	42	M
PDP	AMINU YUNUSA	32	M
SDP	AUWAL SANI ALIYU	42	M
YPP	ABUBAKAR IBRAHIM	29	M
ZLP	ABUBAKAR ALKASIM LAWAL	36	M

Minjibir/Ungogo (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	YA'U HASSAN MOH'D	30	M
ADP	ALI HASSAN	41	M
APP	KAWUWA IBRAHIM MOHAMMAD	34	M
AAC	ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR ABBA	35	M
ADC	SANI YAKUBU IMAM	36	M
APC	ABDUL ABDULHAMID MINJIBIR	66	M
APM	ABDULLAHI BUHARI	27	M
LP	KASSIM MANNIR	42	M
NRM	YUSUF SAMINIS	39	M
NDC	ADAMU SANI WAKILI	41	M
PDP	UMAR AUWALU ALI	41	M
PRP	IBRAHIM MUKTAR	50	M

Tsanyawa/Kunchi (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SALISU KUNCHI TUKUR	56	M
APP	IBRAHIM ABDULRAHAMAN	39	M
ADC	ALIYU SA'ADU ABUBAKAR	35	M
APC	JIBRIN MUSBAHU ABUBAKAR	43	M
APM	ABBA USMAN	36	M
NRM	ADO MUSA KUNCHI	48	M
NDC	ADO AMINU ALIYU	57	M
PDP	DAHIRU SULE ALIYU	41	M
PRP	ALASAN IBRAHIM MUQADDAS	36	M
SDP	KABIRU YAHUZA	48	M
YPP	SAMINU USMAN	29	M

Wudil/Garko (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	JAFAR FATIHU	38	M
APP	DANYARO TASIU	29	M
ADC	AHMAD SANI BAWA	41	M
APC	ADAMU YAHAYA GARINALI	58	M
APM	HARUNA ZAHARADDIN	36	M
NDC	ADO ABDULHAKEEM KAMILU	32	M
PDP	GARBA AHMAD GHALI	42	M
PRP	IDRIS AHMED RUFAI	42	M
YPP	AUWALU HAFIZU	26	M

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Pending: governorship and State House of Assembly candidates are not yet on this guide

Sources: INEC revised timetable · INEC election calendar · all sources