2003 Edo State gubernatorial election

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2003 Edo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Lucky Igbinedion Roland Owie
Party PDP ANPP
Running mate Mike Oghiadomhe
Popular vote969,747
Governor before election

Lucky Igbinedion
PDP

Elected Governor

Lucky Igbinedion
PDP

The 2003 Edo State gubernatorial election occurred on the 19th of April, 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Incumbent Governor PDP's Lucky Igbinedion won the election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Roland Owie and three other candidates. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Contents

Lucky Igbinedion emerged as the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) gubernatorial primary. He had Mike Oghiadomhe as his running mate. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Roland Owie defeated Lucky Imasuen in the ANPP gubernatorial primary election to emerge the party's candidate. [22] [23] [24]

Electoral system

The Governor of Edo State is elected using the plurality voting system. The Governor is expected to rule for a minimum of four years, and maximum of eight years [25] .

Results

A total of 5 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [26] PDP Governor Lucky Igbinedion won re-election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Roland Owie and four minor party candidates. [7] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,432,891. However, only 79.74% (i.e. 1,142,519) of registered voters participated in the exercise. [6] [7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Lucky Igbinedion People's Democratic Party (PDP)969,747100.00
Roland Owie All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)
Odion Ohiorenua Ojo Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Clement Alele United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
Osagie Obayuwana National Conscience Party (NCP)
Total969,747100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,432,891–
Source: Gamji, [26] Africa Update, [7] Dawodu [6]

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