Daniel Iyorkegh Saror was elected Senator for the Benue North East constituency of Benue State

Benue State

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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 at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic

Nigerian Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple...

, running on the People's Democratic Party

People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

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 (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
He was reelected in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party

All Nigeria People's Party

The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...

 (ANPP) platform.

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 Saror was appointed to committees on Solid Minerals, Science & Technology, Agriculture, Finance & Appropriation, Water Resources and Education (Vice Chairman).
After reelection on the ANPP platform in 2003, Saror was appointed Deputy Minority leader.
In the April 2007 elections, Saror ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Benue State on the ANPP ticket.
He was defeated by Gabriel Suswam

Gabriel Suswam

Gabriel Torwua Suswam is a Nigerian politician who became governor of Benue State in May 2007.He ran again successfully in the 26 April 2011 elections on the PDP platform.-Background:...

of the PDP who won 1,086,489 votes against Saror's 276,618.