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2019 Elections: How Saraki lost senatorial seat in Kwara
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Ben IdahSenate President Bukola Saraki is not returning to the upper legislative chamber having lost his reelection bid to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of APC
While Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808, Saraki who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), trailed with 68,994 votes, leaving a margin of 54,814 votes.
Saraki lost all the four local government areas in the senatorial district.
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