2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election

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2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Chris Ngige Peter Obi
Party PDP APGA
Running mateUgochukwu Nwankwo
Popular vote452,820
Governor before election

Chinwoke Mbadinuju
PDP

Elected Governor

Chris Ngige
PDP

The 2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] PDP's Chris Ngige won election, defeating APGA's Peter Obi and other candidates. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Contents

Chinwoke Mbadinuju won at the PDP primary election, but the nomination was given to Chris Ngige, [14] [15] [16] [17] making him to switch to AD. [18] [19] [20] Ngige's running mate was Okey Udeh. [21] [22] [23]

Electoral system

The Governor of Anambra State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Results

A total of seven candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [24] PDP candidate Chris Ngige won election for a first tenure, defeating APGA's candidate, Peter Obi and other candidates. [7] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,859,795. [7] However, only 47.22% (i.e. 878,212) of registered voters participated in the exercise. [6]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Chris Ngige People's Democratic Party (PDP)452,820100.00
Peter Obi All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
George Muoghalu All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
Chinwoke Mbadinuju Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Joe Martins Uzodike United Nigeria People's Party
Ajulu UzodikePMP
Obinna UzohNDP
Total452,820100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,859,795–
Source: Gamji, [24] Africa Update, [7] Dawodu [6]

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