15 parties have put forward a ticket: a candidate for governor and a running mate for deputy governor.
Adamu Abdullahi
Running mate: Imam Shehu
African Action Congress · AAC
Halliru Dauda Jika
Running mate: Sama'Ila Mohammed Kabir
African Democratic Congress · ADC
Shehu Jinda Yunusa
Running mate: Muhammad Badia Lawan
Action Democratic Party · ADP
Abubakar Mohammed
Running mate: Abdullahi Mustapha Farouk
All Progressives Congress · APC
Naziru Usman
Running mate: Aminu Mohammed Kabiru
All Progressives Grand Alliance · APGA
Adamu Yakubu
Running mate: Babamaji Mahmood
Allied Peoples Movement · APM
Abdulhamid Kabiru Shuwa
Running mate: Yunusa Mamuda
Action Peoples Party · APP
Aliyu Idris Muhammad
Running mate: Samako Yilkat
Labour Party · LP
Kashim Ibrahim Muhammad
Running mate: Tata Alhaji
Nigeria Democratic Congress · NDC
Haruna Muhammad Ningi
Running mate: Shehu Usman Abdu
National Democratic Party · NDP
Zaharaddin Muhammad
Running mate: Muhammad Umar Kabiru
National Rescue Movement · NRM
Adamu Usman Ahmed
Running mate: Alin Bababa Abdulkadir
Peoples Democratic Party · PDP
Umar Shehu Buba
Running mate: Aliyu Tijjani Mohammed
Peoples Redemption Party · PRP
Aliyu Umar A.G
Running mate: Bello Buhari
Young Progressive Party · YPP
Babageidam Lami
Running mate: Aliyu Shafiu Garba
Zenith Labour Party · ZLP
From INEC’s final list of governorship candidates for Bauchi, published 11 October 2026. Names as INEC prints them, surname first. A withdrawal, substitution or court order can change a ticket before polling day.
