2003 Ondo State gubernatorial election

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2003 Ondo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Olusegun Agagu Adebayo Adefarati
Party PDP AD
Running mateOmolade Oluwateru
Popular vote655,968233,900
Governor before election

Adebayo Adefarati
AD

Elected Governor

Olusegun Agagu
PDP

The 2003 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] PDP's Olusegun Agagu, a former Deputy Governor to Bamidele Olumilua, [5] won election for a first tenure, defeating Incumbent Governor, AD's Adebayo Adefarati and three other candidates. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Contents

Olusegun Agagu emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Omolade Oluwateru. [20]

Electoral system

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

Results

A total of five candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [21] PDP candidate Olusegun Agagu won election for a first tenure, defeating AD Incumbent Governor, Adebayo Adefarati, and three other candidates. [7] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,504,181. However, only 63.83% (i.e. 960,080) of registered voters participated in the excerise. [6] [32] [7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Olusegun Agagu People's Democratic Party (PDP)655,96873.72
Adebayo Adefarati Alliance for Democracy (AD)233,90026.28
Jimoh Ibrahim All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
Felix Dele AkintomideARP
Total889,868100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,504,181–
Source: Gamji, [21] Africa Update, [7] Dawodu [6]

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