The complete list, including minor candidates left off the state's headline heavyweight board.
| # | Politician | Party | Votes can pull | Peak run | Strongest LGAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AB AMINU BELLO MASARI Won 2019 governorship | APC | 1,178,864 | 2019 Governor · 70.04% | — |
| 2 | DU Dikko Umaru Radda Governor of Katsina State | APC | 859,892 | 2023 Governor · 62.96% | — |
| 3 | GY GARBA YAKUBU LADO 2019 governorship runner-up | PDP | 488,621 | 2019 Governor · 29.03% · 2 runs | — |
| 4 | MB MANDIYA BELLO 2019 senate candidate (APC) | APC | 433,139 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 5 | AE ABDULLAHI ENGR. KABIR BARKIYA 2019 senate candidate (APC) | APC | 340,800 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 6 | AB Ahmad Babba Kaita 2023 Senate candidate, Katsina North | PDP | 339,438 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 7 | IS IMAM SHEHU INUWA 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 158,081 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 8 | UM USMAN MANI NASARAWA 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 127,529 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 9 | GH GAMBO HAMISU 2019 senate candidate (PDP) | PDP | 124,372 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 10 | BI Babangida Ibrahim 2023 senate candidate (NNPP) | NNPP | 113,496 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 11 | FM FATAHU MUHAMMED 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 94,734 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 12 | HH HON. HAMZA DALHATU BATAGARAWA 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 88,135 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 13 | AT AMIRUDDIN TUKUR 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 78,982 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 14 | AY ABUBAKAR YAHAYA KUSADA 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 75,520 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 15 | HA HON. ALH. MUKTAR MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 74,901 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 16 | AD AHMED DAYYABU SAFANA 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 73,380 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 17 | AA AMINU ASHIRU MANI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 61,000 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 18 | SI SALISU IRO ISANSI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 58,314 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 19 | AA ABDULKADIR, ARMAYA'U 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 57,447 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 20 | SS SADA SOLI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 56,143 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 21 | NS Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura Senator, Katsina North | APC | 54,765 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 22 | AU AHMED USMAN LIMAN 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 52,767 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 23 | MA MANSIR ALIYU MASHI 2019 house candidate (APC) | APC | 49,326 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 24 | MS MUSTAPHA SALISU HAIBA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 32,234 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 25 | AH ALIYU HARUNA JANI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 31,651 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 26 | IA ILIYASU ALIYU ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 31,600 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 27 | IT IBRAHIM TUKUR AJIYA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 29,786 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 28 | SA SANI ADO YANDUNA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 26,660 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 29 | YS YUSUF SAIDU 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 25,472 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 30 | US USMAN SULEIMAN 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 25,114 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 31 | AB AMADI B. NURA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 24,190 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 32 | HA HON. ALH. ABDULAZIZ AHMED 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 23,096 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 33 | SA SADA ABDULLAHI 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 21,971 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 34 | AA AMINU AHMED CHINDO 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 21,454 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 35 | LM LAWAL MUSA 2019 house candidate (PDP) | PDP | 20,935 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 36 | Oc Other candidates 2019 governor candidate | — | 19,336 | 2023 Governor · 1.42% · 2 runs | — |
| 37 | NM NALADO MUHAMMAD LAWAL 2019 senate candidate (A) | A | 14,152 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 38 | SM SHU'AIBU MOHAMMED 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 5,011 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 39 | NA NURADEEN AUDI 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 3,525 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 40 | SM SADA MURJANATU IYAL 2019 house candidate (A) | A | 2,433 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 41 | MJ MUHAMMAD JIBIA SALISU 2019 senate candidate (UPC) | UPC | 1,760 | 2019 House of Reps · 3 runs | — |
| 42 | YU YAKUBU UMAR FARUK 2019 house candidate (ANRP) | ANRP | 1,482 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 43 | LB LAWAL BOYI SALIMU 2019 senate candidate (A) | A | 1,386 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 44 | YL YUNUSA LAWAL IBRAHIM 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 1,351 | 2019 House of Reps · 2 runs | — |
| 45 | SZ SADA ZAINAB MOHAMMED 2019 senate candidate (NRM) | NRM | 1,301 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 46 | UH UMAR HALADU 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 1,209 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 47 | MJ MALUMFASHI JAFARA 2019 house candidate (PRP) | PRP | 971 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 48 | MA MUSA ALIYU 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 733 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 49 | MN MAL. NURA AMADU 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 625 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 50 | IN IBRAHIM NURA 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 568 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 51 | YM YUSUF MUHAMMAD 2019 senate candidate (NRM) | NRM | 515 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 52 | LA LAWAL ABUBAKAR 2019 senate candidate (DA) | DA | 472 | 2019 Senate · 2 runs | — |
| 53 | MU MUHAMMAD UMAR 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 410 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 54 | SZ SURAJO ZAHARADEEN FUNTUA 2019 senate candidate (C4C) | C4C | 365 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 55 | MA MAMMAN ABDULLAHI INGAWA 2019 senate candidate (NRM) | NRM | 345 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 56 | SA SANI ALI 2019 house candidate (A) | A | 334 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 57 | YK YUSUF KABIRU 2019 senate candidate (PPN) | PPN | 321 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 58 | UU UMAR USMAN 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 308 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 59 | BH BALA HARUNA 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 285 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 60 | MH MURTALA HALILU 2019 senate candidate (PPC) | PPC | 268 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 61 | AA ABBA ARMA YA'U 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 182 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 62 | MS MOHAMMED SADA LAWAL 2019 senate candidate (ADC) | ADC | 182 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 63 | AM ADODO MURTALA ADAMU 2019 senate candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 155 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 64 | IM IBRAHIM MARYAM IDRIS 2019 house candidate (APM) | APM | 142 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 65 | MI MUSA ISMAIL 2019 senate candidate (PRP) | PRP | 123 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 66 | US UMAR SADISU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 93 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 67 | MK MATO KABIRU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 91 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 68 | AA ALH. ABUBAKAR BILYA FUNTUA 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 86 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 69 | LK LAWAL KABIR 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 78 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 70 | KA KHALID ABDULLAHI 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 77 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 71 | SI SULEIMAN ISAH 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 70 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 72 | HN HON. NURADEEN MUJAHID 2019 senate candidate (SDP) | SDP | 59 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 73 | SS SALIMU SANI 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 59 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 74 | LY LAWAL YAHAYA 2019 senate candidate (PPN) | PPN | 52 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 75 | IS IBRAHIM SHUAIBU DAURA 2019 house candidate (NRM) | NRM | 50 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 76 | ML MALLAM LAWALI 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 48 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 77 | MK MUSA KABIRU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 43 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 78 | SI SAMA'ILA I. ALIYU 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 43 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 79 | LH LAWAL HASSAN 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 41 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 80 | AA AMIRU ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 38 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 81 | SS SALISU SURAJO 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 38 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 82 | AM ALIYU MOHAMMED MATAZU 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 36 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 83 | IS IBRAHIM SADIQ 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 35 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 84 | AS ALIYU SAMAILA 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 34 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 85 | MU MAISUMA USMAN ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 33 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 86 | MA MUSTAPHA ABDULLAHI GUSAU 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 33 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 87 | MA MUNTARI AHMED JIBRIN 2019 house candidate (GPN) | GPN | 31 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 88 | AN ABDULLAHI NURA 2019 house candidate (PPM) | PPM | 30 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 89 | UB UMAR BALA SULAIMAN 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 30 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 90 | IM ISAH MASHI ZUBAIRU 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 28 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 91 | JI JAWI IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 28 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 92 | MH MOHAMMED HAMISU 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 28 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 93 | SF SANI FADALU 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 28 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 94 | AN ALIYU NURADDEEN YARO 2019 house candidate (NDLP) | NDLP | 27 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 95 | LU LAWAL UMAR SAFANA 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 25 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 96 | AL ABASHE LURWANU 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 24 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 97 | IS IBRAHIM SANI IRO 2019 senate candidate (PT) | PT | 24 | 2019 Senate | — |
| 98 | KM KABIR MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 23 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 99 | MI MOHAMMED IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (ADC) | ADC | 23 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 100 | SA SALISU ABUBAKAR 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 22 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 101 | SA SULEIMAN AUWAL 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 22 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 102 | AM ABDULAZEEZ MUHAMMAD 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 21 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 103 | LS LAWAL SADI 2019 house candidate (CC) | CC | 20 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 104 | IH IBRAHIM HAFSAT 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 19 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 105 | AS ABUBAKAR SANI 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 18 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 106 | GB GARBA BASHIR 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 18 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 107 | SI SAFANA IDRIS SAM 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 17 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 108 | JH JABIRU HAMZA 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 15 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 109 | TM TUKUR MUHAMMAD 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 13 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 110 | AI ABU IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 12 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 111 | IA IBRAHIM ADAMU MOH 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 12 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 112 | LU LURWANU UMAR 2019 house candidate (DA) | DA | 11 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 113 | AD ALH DANJUMALLE 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 10 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 114 | BA BALA AMADU 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 10 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 115 | IK ISAH KHALID IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 10 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 116 | YM YAHAYA MUAZU LADAN 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 10 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 117 | AI ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (JMPP) | JMPP | 9 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 118 | GL GARBA LAWAL 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 8 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 119 | I IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (ABP) | ABP | 7 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 120 | AH ABBAS HASSAN NAGINI 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 5 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 121 | AA ABDULAHI AHMADU 2019 house candidate (SDP) | SDP | 5 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 122 | SI SAIFULLAHI IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 5 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 123 | ZG ZAKARADEEN GAMBO 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 5 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 124 | BI BELLO IBRAHIM 2019 house candidate (PPN) | PPN | 4 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 125 | LA LURWAN, ALIYU 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 4 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 126 | SI SURAJO ISAH 2019 house candidate (PT) | PT | 3 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 127 | KA KASIMU ALIYU LAWAL 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 2 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 128 | LS LAWAL SHAMSUDDEEN MOHAMMED 2019 house candidate (UPC) | UPC | 2 | 2019 House of Reps | — |
| 129 | AM Abdulaziz Musa Yar'adua Senator, Katsina Central | APC | — | — | — |
| 130 | IS Ibrahim Shema Governor of Katsina State (2007–2015) | PDP | — | — | — |
| 131 | MM Muntari Mohammed Dandutse Senator, Katsina South | APC | — | — | — |
| 132 | SU SADA UMAR ALIYU 2019 house candidate (CC) | CC | — | — | — |
| 133 | SG Shehu Garba Matazu 2023 Senate candidate, Katsina South | PDP | — | — | — |
| 134 | SA Sirajo Aminu Makera 2023 Senate candidate, Katsina Central | PDP | — | — | — |