Katsina 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 Katsina (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)

Katsina North (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SADE MUSA	50	M
ADC	LAWAL SANI	44	M
APC	YAHAYA NASIR	50	M
APM	ALKASIM SANUSI	66	M
NRM	MUSA USMAN	40	M
NDC	YAHAYA AMINU	50	M
PDP	DAURA UMAR DAUDA	54	M
SDP	ALH. MUSAPHA ABBA	67	M

Katsina South (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	LAWAL UMAR	67	M
ADC	JAMILU MUHAMMAD KATSINA	49	M
APC	DANDUTSE MUNTARI MOHAMMED	59	M
APM	HASSAN MOHAMMED DAUDADWA	57	M
NDC	HUSSAIN ISHAK SULEIMAN	48	M
PDP	KHALIL MOHAMMED NUR	64	M
PRP	BAWA RABIU	56	M
SDP	ALH. SAMAILA AMAJIR	64	F

Katsina Central (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ABBA GALADIMA SIRAJO	56	M
ADC	ABUBAKAR SADIQ YAR'ADUA	66	M
APC	YAR'ADUA MUSA ABDULAZIZ	62	M
APM	AMINA LAWAL RAFINDADI	51	F
PDP	GAMBO HAMISU	67	M
PRP	MALAMI TUKUR MASANAWA	58	M
SDP	ALH. BELLO ADAMU SAFANA	67	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)

Bakori/Danja (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SANI ISMAILA	36	M
ADC	ATTAHIR DABAI KABIR	44	M
APC	DABAI ABDULLAHI BALARABE	66	M
APM	BELLO IDRIS BAKORI	60	M
NDC	SULEIMAN IBRAHIM	53	M
PDP	GUGA ABDULJABBAR SURAJO	40	M
PRP	TSOHO IBRAHIM KALAH	34	M
SDP	MURTALA MUHD DABAI	45	M

Batagarawa/Charanchi/Rimi (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	IBRAHIM ATIKU	44	M
ADC	MURTALA L. BATAGARAWA	48	M
APC	MURTALA USMAN BANYE	44	M
APM	SULE ABDUL	57	M
PDP	SANI JAMILU	44	M
PRP	ADDA'U YAHAYA	42	M
SDP	HASSAN USMAN	35	M

Batsari/Safana/Danmusa (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MUHAMMED MUSA	59	M
ADC	JAMILU MOHAMMED	55	M
APC	ILIYASU ALIYU ABUBAKAR	62	M
APM	JABIRU YUSUF YAUYAU	54	M
NDC	ABDULLAHI JAMILU	34	M
PDP	RUMA YAZID LAWAL	35	M
SDP	ISAH AHMAD ABUBAKAR	51	M

Bindawa/Mani (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	BADAMASI ABDULLAHI	33	M
ADC	AMINU SULEIMAN	45	M
APC	ABDU JAMILA MANI	44	F
APM	MAGAJI ABDULLAHI DAUDA	47	M
NDC	IBRAHIM MANI	58	M
PDP	HARUNA ALIYU JANI	64	M

Daura/Sandamu/Mai'Adua (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ALI SULAIMAN	40	M
ADC	NASIR ABDURRASHID	40	M
APC	MOHAMMADU BUHARI YUSUF	33	M
APM	MOHAMMED LAWAL NALADO	64	M
NRM	KAMALU ABUBAKAR	37	M
NDC	ALHASSAN AHMED	36	M
PDP	HARUNA SABIU	43	M
SDP	ISYAKU SANI LAWAL	38	M

Dutsin-Ma/Kurfi (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADC	UMAR ABDULLAHI TSAURI	58	M
APC	BALELE AMINU	59	M
APM	SULEIMAN MUBARAK	38	M
NRM	ABUBAKAR AMINU BIRCHI	28	M
PDP	NURA GAMBO NA’USHELI	50	M
SDP	AMINU YAHAYA	27	M

Faskari/Kankara/Sabuwa (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	RABIU MUHAMMAD	40	M
ADC	JAMILU YAHAYA ALIYU	34	M
APC	SULEMAN HAMZA	47	M
APM	MOHAMMED AHMED	38	M
PDP	DALHATU SHEHU	47	M
PRP	HAMISU HASSAN	63	M
SDP	UMAR MUHAMMAD	34	M

Funtua/Dandume (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MAMUDABACA MUHAMMED	35	M
ADC	MOHAMMED RABILU MUSA	45	M
APC	AHMAD YAU	61	M
APM	AMINU HARUNA ILIMI	60	M
NDC	SAIDU IBRAHIM MUSA	37	M
PDP	MOHAMMAD ABUBAKAR	45	M
PRP	SALEH AMINU	34	M
SDP	SALISU MAMMAN SHATA	32	M

Ingawa/Kankia/Kusada (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SHEHU MUSTAPHA	35	M
ADC	SADA NUHU YASHE	48	M
APC	MAHMUD MUSTAPHA	48	M
APM	ABBA MAGAJI INGAWA	59	M
NRM	MUSA SALISU SALISU	44	M
PDP	HASSAN ABUBAKAR	41	M
PRP	ALIYU ISMA'IL YA'U	31	M

Jibia/Kaita (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	MUHAMMAD ZAHARADDEEN	31	M
ADC	MUSA LAWAL	44	M
APC	SOLI JIBIA SADA	64	M
APM	BABANGIDA ADAMU	60	M
PDP	USMAN ISMAIL YANDAKI	40	M
PRP	ABDULLAHI ALIYU DANKAMA	68	M
SDP	MUHAMMAD SANI LAWAL	38	M

Malumfashi/Kafur (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ABUBAKAR ILYASU	36	M
ADC	IBRAHIM BABANGIDA	61	M
APC	IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD AMINU	58	M
APM	DADA LAWAL	62	M
PDP	SA’AD NASIR AHMAD	34	M
SDP	ASHIRU SALE	62	M

Katsina (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ISAH HAYATU	39	M
ADC	SALISU ISANSI	50	M
APC	MANGAL BARAU DAHIRU	26	M
APM	IRO AMINU	69	M
NRM	SALIM BABANGIDA	26	M
NDC	LAWAL MUHAMMAD MUKHTAR	36	M
PRP	ABDULLAHI SABIU	35	M
SDP	AL'AMIN YAHAYA SANI	26	M

Mashi/Dutsi (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	JANAIDU MOHAMMAD	36	M
ADC	NAZIFI BELLO YUSUF	47	M
APC	YUSUF MAJIGIRI SALISU	62	M
APM	HARUNA GARBA	51	M
PDP	DAHIRU AMINU	48	M
SDP	SULE YUSUF SHABEJI	66	M

Matazu/Musawa (6 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	AHMAD SALISU	29	M
ADC	MAMUDA LAWAL MUSAWA	58	M
APC	AHMAD ALIYU ABDULLAHI	50	M
APM	AHMED NURA TUGE	49	M
NDC	ASHIRU KABIRU MATAZU	56	M
PDP	AHMED SAMINU	55	M

Zango/Baure (7 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SALISU ALIYU	36	M
ADC	SADE AMINU	35	M
APC	FARUK UMAR DAHA	36	M
APM	SANI SA'ADU	64	M
NRM	SALE YUSUF	39	M
PDP	ADAMU MANSUR RABIU	36	M
SDP	LAWAL ABU	66	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