2003 Taraba State gubernatorial election

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2003 Taraba State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jolly Nyame Abubakar Saad
Party PDP ANPP
Running mateUba Maigari AhmaduDaniel Musa Goyo
Popular vote784,013102,879
Governor before election

Jolly Nyame
PDP

Elected Governor

Jolly Nyame
PDP

The 2003 Taraba State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. PDP candidate Jolly Nyame won the election, defeating ANPP Abubakar Saad and other 6 candidates. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [ excessive citations ]

Results

Jolly Nyame from the PDP won the election. 8 candidates contested in the election. [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [25] [43] [44] [ excessive citations ]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,026,950. [45]

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