The complete list, including minor candidates left off the state's headline heavyweight board.
| # | Politician | Party | Votes can pull | Peak run | Strongest LGAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BM Bala Mohammed Won 2023 governorship | PDP | 525,280 | 2023 Governor · 50.78% · 2 runs | — |
| 2 | MA MOHAMMED ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR 2019 governorship runner-up | APC | 470,570 | 2019 Governor · 2 runs | — |
| 3 | SA Sadique Abubakar 2023 governorship runner-up | APC | 432,272 | 2023 Governor · 41.79% | — |
| 4 | LY Lawal Yahaya Gumau 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | NNPP | 250,725 | 2019 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 5 | DG Dahiru Garba 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | PDP | 175,527 | 2019 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 6 | SB Shehu Buba Umar Senator, Bauchi South | APC | 175,505 | 2023 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 7 | HD Halliru Dauda Jika 2023 governorship candidate | NNPP | 120,871 | 2019 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 8 | BA BULKACHUWA ADAMU MUHAMMED 2019 senate candidate (APC) | APC | 110,631 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 9 | AN Abdul Ningi Senator, Bauchi Central | PDP | 104,878 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 10 | SD Samaila Dahuwa Kaila Senator, Bauchi North | PDP | 102,043 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 11 | SI Siraj Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi North | APC | 100,246 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 12 | MF MUSTAPHA FAROUK 2019 senate candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 92,140 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 13 | UA Uba Ahmed Nana 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi Central | APC | 84,621 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 14 | RD RT.HON.YAUBU DOGARA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 73,609 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 15 | AY ABDULLAHI YAKUBU.S 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 69,088 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 16 | ML MUDA LAWAL .U 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 66,070 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 17 | BA BAPPA ALIYU MISAU 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 66,024 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 18 | IH Isah Hamma Misau 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi Central | NNPP | 57,069 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 19 | NS NAZIF SULEIMAN MUHAMMED 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 56,379 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 20 | MS MUHAMMED SABO .C 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 53,470 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 21 | DA DALHATU ABUBAKAR .K 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 50,078 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 22 | AS ABDULKADIR SAAD .A 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 48,303 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 23 | MS MANU SORO .M 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 45,867 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 24 | MA MUHAMMAD ALI PATE 2019 governorship candidate | PRP | 45,736 | 2019 Governor | — |
| 25 | AA AMINU ALIYU .G 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 43,727 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 26 | LH LAWAL HUSSAINI IBRAHIM 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 43,386 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 27 | UB UBA BASHIR .M 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 32,553 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 28 | AF ABUBAKAR FAGGO .K 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 25,835 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 29 | MM MAKAMA MISAU 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 24,212 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 30 | UA UMAR ABDULKADIR .S 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 23,680 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 31 | DC DAYYABU CHIROMA 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 20,988 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 32 | SZ SALISU ZAKARI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 20,034 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 33 | IH IBRAHIM HASSAN .G 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 19,897 | 2019 House of Reps · 2 runs | — |
| 34 | BI BABA IBRAHIM .M 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 18,976 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 35 | BN BABAJI NAZEEF .A 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 17,372 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 36 | AH ANDULMUMINI HASSAN 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 17,242 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 37 | GG GARBA GOLOLO .M 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 16,605 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 38 | Oc Other candidates 2023 governorship candidate | Others | 16,331 | 2023 Governor · 1.58% | — |
| 39 | T( TATA (ALH) OMAR 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 15,184 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 40 | MA MUHAMMAD AUWAL JATAU 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 14,985 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 41 | AY AHMED YARIMA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 14,594 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 42 | AA AHMED ADAMU ABDULKADIR 2019 senate candidate (MMN) | MMN | 13,581 | 2019 House of Reps · 2 runs | — |
| 43 | IM ISA MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 12,748 | 2019 House of Reps · 2 runs | — |
| 44 | GA GARBA A.GAMAWA 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 12,345 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 45 | BA BABA ALIYU .G 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 11,092 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 46 | UM USMAN MUHAMMAD .S 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 10,916 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 47 | AG ADAMU GARBA 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 10,612 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 48 | AH AUWAL HASSAN 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 10,037 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 49 | AA ABUBAKAR AHMED 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 9,524 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 50 | AI ABUBAKAR ISAH 2019 senate candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 9,414 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 51 | AM AHMED MADAKI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 9,111 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 52 | GD GARBA DOGO .M 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 8,983 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 53 | TB TAFAWA BALEWA ABUBAKAR 2019 senate candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 8,091 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 54 | SA Sani Ahmad 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | LP | 7,130 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 55 | AM ADAMU MUSA UMAR 2019 senate candidate (APM) | APM | 6,094 | 2019 House of Reps · 4 runs | — |
| 56 | MS MOHAMMED SABO .A 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 6,066 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 57 | IS IBRAHIM SABO .U 2019 house candidate (A) | A | 5,025 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 58 | MA MAULA ADAMU .A 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 4,867 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 59 | SZ SANI ZUBAIRU 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 4,266 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 60 | MM MOHAMMED M.IDRIS 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 3,920 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 61 | MS MUAZU SALIHU .H 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 3,818 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 62 | AM ADAMU MAGAJI 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 3,580 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 63 | HI HARUNA IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 3,042 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 64 | SA SULEIMAN ABUBAKAR 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 2,582 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 65 | AB ABDU BAKO 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 2,530 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 66 | AM ABDULMALIK MAHMOUD 2019 senate candidate (GPN) | GPN | 1,823 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 67 | BS BARR. SAMAILA IDRIS 2019 house candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 1,675 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 68 | UI UMARU IBRAHIM .A 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 1,521 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 69 | MC Muhammed Chindo 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | APGA | 1,075 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 70 | YI Yahaya Idris 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | ADP | 1,059 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 71 | ND Naziru Dahiru Usman 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | ADC | 1,020 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 72 | MS MOHAMMED SANI BURRA 2019 senate candidate (GPN) | GPN | 953 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 73 | IH Idris Hassan 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi South | APP | 951 | 2023 Senate | — |
| 74 | SK SANTURAKI KABIR 2019 senate candidate (PDC) | PDC | 935 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 75 | IS ISMAIL SHUAIBU.A 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 913 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 76 | IS IBRAHIM SANI 2019 senate candidate (GPN) | GPN | 793 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 77 | BU BABAYO UMAR MISAU 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 760 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 78 | UD UMAR DALHA 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 664 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 79 | AY ADAMU YAKUBU JIBRIN 2019 senate candidate (APP) | APP | 595 | 2019 House of Reps · 3 runs | — |
| 80 | MN MUSA NADABO ISAH 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 542 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 81 | AA AMINU ABDULLAHI 2019 senate candidate (MPN) | MPN | 480 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 82 | BU BABAGIDA USMAN SHEHU 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 467 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 83 | IA IDRIS ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 454 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 84 | SU SAMAILA UMAR 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 441 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 85 | UA UMAR ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 348 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 86 | MB MOHAMMED BAYI 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 343 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 87 | AA ABDULLAHI ADAMU 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 333 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 88 | AU ALIYU UMAR KAFI 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 317 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 89 | HS HUSSAIN SAMAILA 2019 senate candidate (APM) | APM | 303 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 90 | IA IBRAHIM ALIYU 2019 house candidate (DPC) | DPC | 301 | 2019 House of Reps · 2 runs | — |
| 91 | MY MUHAMMED YAHAYA 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 271 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 92 | AH AUFA HASSAN ADAMU 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 270 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 93 | MA MOH'D ABUBAKAR 2019 senate candidate (APP) | APP | 262 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 94 | ML MUHAMMED LAWAL 2019 senate candidate (ACD) | ACD | 243 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 95 | KI KASUWA ISA 2019 senate candidate (APP) | APP | 235 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 96 | MA MUSTAPHA ABDUL 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 233 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 97 | NS NASIRU SALE 2019 house candidate (PDC) | PDC | 202 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 98 | IB IDRIS BABAJI .A 2019 house candidate (APM) | APM | 198 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 99 | FA FAIZA ABDULLAHI 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 190 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 100 | SA SADIQ ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (APM) | APM | 182 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 101 | BS BABALE SHEHU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 176 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 102 | NG NURU GARBA 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 168 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 103 | DM DAGUMA MUHAMMAD A.A 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 166 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 104 | MA MUSTAPHA ABDULLAHI 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 153 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 105 | AK ABDULRAHMAN KAWU 2019 house candidate (APM) | APM | 148 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 106 | BS BALA SABO 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 146 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 107 | AL AHMAD LADO IBRAHIM 2019 senate candidate (DPC) | DPC | 135 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 108 | KM KAWU MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 135 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 109 | FA FAROUK AHMED .U 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 133 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 110 | MM MUSTAPHA MOHAMMAD 2019 senate candidate (DPC) | DPC | 131 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 111 | NI NURA IDRIS 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 120 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 112 | GY GARBA YUNUSA 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 119 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 113 | UI UMAR ISAH .N 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 119 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 114 | IB IBRAHIM BALA MAIDAWA 2019 senate candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 107 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 115 | KB KAWU BABALE .Z 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 107 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 116 | MS MUAZU SULAIMAN 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 105 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 117 | IA IBRAHIM AYUBA 2019 senate candidate (MMN) | MMN | 101 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 118 | AA ALIYU ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (DPC) | DPC | 93 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 119 | SI SALEHI ISA 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 89 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 120 | MI MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 87 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 121 | AM ABDULLAHI MILLA 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 84 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 122 | WI WAZIRI ISA 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 84 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 123 | II ISA IBRAHIM 2019 senate candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 74 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 124 | LH LIMAN HASSAN 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 70 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 125 | BA BELLO ABUBAKAR .M 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 66 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 126 | BU BASHIR UMAR .D 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 64 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 127 | SM SALE MALAM .B 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 63 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 128 | AD AMINU DAHIRU .A 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 58 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 129 | DA DAHIRU ALHAJI 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 51 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 130 | SS SUPASO SANI 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 45 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 131 | LS LAWAN SALISU 2019 house candidate (DPC) | DPC | 37 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 132 | MA MAHMOOD ABDULMALIK 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 35 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 133 | MS MUSA SHEHU 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 35 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 134 | RA RABIU ADAMU 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 35 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 135 | AU AISHA USMAN 2019 house candidate (MMN) | MMN | 31 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 136 | SM SANI MAIKASUWA 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 30 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 137 | HA HABILA ALI 2019 house candidate (MMN) | MMN | 28 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 138 | EI EL-MANSUR ISAH 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 27 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 139 | SU SALIU USMAN 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 27 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 140 | MH MUHAMMAD HAMIDU 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 26 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 141 | SH SANI HALADU .J 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 24 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 142 | AC AHMAD CAPTAIN .Y 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 23 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 143 | I. ISAHSUMAILA .M 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 23 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 144 | MD MOHAMMED DAI-YABU 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 23 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 145 | AA AWALU AZARE 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 22 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 146 | AU ALHAJI UMAR 2019 house candidate (APP) | APP | 21 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 147 | DA DANJUMA AMINU 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 21 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 148 | SA SALISU ABDULHAMID 2019 house candidate (APP) | APP | 21 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 149 | WA WAZIRI ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 19 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 150 | UH UMAR HUSSAINI 2019 house candidate (DPC) | DPC | 17 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 151 | HI HAMZA INUWA .B 2019 house candidate (ACD) | ACD | 15 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 152 | SB SANI BALA 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 8 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 153 | MH MAHMOOD HAMIDU 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 7 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 154 | YN YAHAYA NASIR 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 7 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 155 | AA ABUBAKAR ADBU 2019 house candidate (MAJA) | MAJA | 6 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 156 | AI ALHAJI ISNAIN 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 6 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 157 | TD TARI DAUDU .L 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 6 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 158 | JS JIBRIN SHUA'IBU .A 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 4 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 159 | YS YUSUF SULE 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 3 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 160 | GM Ghazali Mohammed Mijinyawa 2023 Senate candidate, Bauchi North | NNPP | — | — | — |
| 161 | IY Isa Yuguda Governor of Bauchi State (2007–2015) | ANPP | — | — | — |