17 parties have put forward a ticket: a candidate for governor and a running mate for deputy governor.
Gashash Mukhtar
Running mate: Mohammed Safiyanu
Accord
Haruna Abdullahi
Running mate: Ismail Abdulmajin Nuhu
Action Alliance · AA
Sharif Abba
Running mate: Idris Uzairu
African Action Congress · AAC
Ibrahim Ali Amin
Running mate: Shehu Abdulkadir Bari
African Democratic Congress · ADC
Muhammad Abdullahi
Running mate: Mainika Rabiu
Action Democratic Party · ADP
Yusuf Abba Kabir
Running mate: Garo Murtala Sule
All Progressives Congress · APC
Tijjani Sukairaju Tijjani
Running mate: Auwalu Ismail Yahaya
All Progressives Grand Alliance · APGA
Muhammad Bashir Galadanchi
Running mate: Umar Abdullahi
Allied Peoples Movement · APM
Tukur Aliyu Malam
Running mate: Muhammad Ibrahim
Action Peoples Party · APP
Ahmad Furera
Running mate: Muhammad Usman
Boot Party · BP
Bari Mustapha Bello
Running mate: Musa Abubakar Isyaku
Democratic Leadership Alliance · DLA
Santuraki Hamisu
Running mate: Ibrahim Abbas
Labour Party · LP
Abdullahi Mustapha
Running mate: Samira Bala Usman
National Democratic Party · NDP
Abacha Muhammed Sani
Running mate: Kibiya Yusuf Ado
Peoples Democratic Party · PDP
Koguna Nasiru Hassan
Running mate: Kabir Abdulhamid Abdulhamid
Peoples Redemption Party · PRP
Hussaini Bello Ado
Running mate: Garba Lurwan Gaya
Social Democratic Party · SDP
Nuhu Isa
Running mate: Rabi"U Ibrahim
Zenith Labour Party · ZLP
From INEC’s final list of governorship candidates for Kano, published 11 October 2026. Names as INEC prints them, surname first. A withdrawal, substitution or court order can change a ticket before polling day.
