The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Engineer Usman Maijama’a Kallamu, has won the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election conducted on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
Kallamu polled 41,121 votes to defeat four other candidates in the election, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the constituency collation centre in Malam Sidi, Kwami Local Government Area.
The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Professor Umar Gurama, declared Kallamu winner after announcing the final results in the late hours of Saturday.
The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Maigari Jungudo, came a distant second with 3,553 votes, while the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate, Gaddafi Haruna, secured 872 votes.
Abdulkarim Abdulmujib of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDP) polled 707 votes, while Yaya Alfa Mohammed of the Allied Peoples Party (APP) recorded 298 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, a total of 47,301 votes were cast, with 46,551 votes declared valid and 750 votes rejected.
Declaring the result, Gurama said: “With 41,121 valid votes, Engineer Usman Maijama’a Kallamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), having secured the highest number of votes, has been declared winner of the bye-election and returned elected.”
The election was conducted across 903 polling units in 31 registration areas covering Gombe, Kwami and Funakaye Local Government Areas, which make up the federal constituency. INEC had earlier confirmed the 903 polling units for the bye-election.
The bye-election was conducted to fill the vacant seat in the House of Representatives following the death of the former member representing the constituency, Hon. Yaya Bauchi Tongo, who died in Abuja on June 12, 2026, at the age of 62.
With the declaration, Kallamu is set to represent the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives for the remainder of the current legislative period.
