2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Rashidi Ladoja Lam Adesina
Party PDP AD
Running mate Adebayo Alao-Akala
Popular vote636,212381,310
Governor before election

Lam Adesina
AD

Elected Governor

Rashidi Ladoja
PDP

The 2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] PDP's Rashidi Ladoja won election for a first tenure, defeating Incumbent Governor, AD's Lam Adesina and three other candidates. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Contents

Rashidi Ladoja emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Adebayo Alao-Akala. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

Electoral system

The Governor of Oyo 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. [26] PDP candidate Rashidi Ladoja won election for a first tenure, defeating AD Incumbent Governor, Lam Adesina, and three other candidates. [7] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,209,953. However, only 51.4% (i.e. 1,130,142) of registered voters participated in the excerise. [6] [7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rashidi Ladoja People's Democratic Party (PDP)636,21262.53
Lam Adesina Alliance for Democracy (AD)381,31037.47
C. O. Obisesan All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)
United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
Femi Aborishade National Conscience Party (NCP)
Total1,017,522100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,209,953–
Source: Gamji, [26] Africa Update, [7] Dawodu [6]

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