2003 Katsina State gubernatorial election

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2003 Katsina State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Nura Khalil
Party PDP ANPP
Running mate Abdullahi Garba Aminchi Tanimu Hussain Maidoki
Popular vote892,340742,582
Governor before election

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
PDP

Elected Governor

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
PDP

The 2003 Katsina State gubernatorial election occurred on 19 April 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] PDP candidate Umaru Musa Yar'Adua won the election, defeating ANPP Nura Khalil and 5 other candidates. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Results

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from the PDP won the election. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] 7 candidates contested in the election. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,567,245, total votes cast was 1,721,067, valid votes was 1,636,824 and rejected votes was 84,243. [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]

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