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The 2003 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred on 19 April 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] Incumbent Governor AD's Bola Tinubu won election for a second term, defeating PDP's Funsho Williams and four other candidates. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Bola Tinubu emerged unopposed in the AD gubernatorial primary after all the aspirants stepped down. He had Femi Pedro as his running mate. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Funsho Williams was the PDP candidate. [23]
The Governor of Lagos State is elected using the plurality voting system.
A total of six candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [24] AD Governor Bola Tinubu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP's Funsho Williams and four minor party candidates. [6] [25] [26] [27] [28]
The total number of registered voters in the state was 4,558,216. [29] [6] [5]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Bola Tinubu | Alliance for Democracy (AD) | |||
Funsho Williams | People's Democratic Party | |||
Lanre Rasaq | All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) | |||
Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele | United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP) | |||
Adewunmi Abbass | NCP | |||
Dimejila Muren | ARP | |||
Total | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,558,216 | – |