2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election

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2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Nsima Ekere
Party PDP APC
Running mate Moses Ekpo Amadu Jackson Attai
Popular vote519,712171,978
Governor before election

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
PDP

Elected Governor

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
PDP

The 2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred on March 10, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won re-election for a second term, defeating Nsima Ekere of the APC. [1] [2]

Contents

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Moses Ekpo as his running mate. Nsima Ekere was the APC candidate with Amadu Jackson Attai as his running mate. 45 candidates contested in the election. [3]

Electoral system

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

Primary election

PDP primary

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate. [4] He picked Amadu Jackson Attai as his running mate. [5] [6]

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on September 30, 2018. [7] [8] [9] Nsima Ekere won the primary election polling 160,458 votes against 3 other candidates. [10] [11] His closest rival was Dan Abia who came second with 4,189 votes, Akpanudoedehe came third with 2,015 votes, while Edet Efretuei had 1,234 votes. [12] [13]

Results

A total number of 45 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [14]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,119,727, while 720,064 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 712,037, while number of valid votes was 696,245. Rejected votes were 15,792. [15] [16]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel People's Democratic Party 519,71274.64
Nsima Ekere All Progressives Congress 171,97824.70
Other candidates4,5550.65
Total696,245100.00
Valid votes696,24597.78
Invalid/blank votes15,7922.22
Total votes712,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,119,72733.59
Source: Leadership

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 696,245 represents the 45 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Udom Gabriel Emmanuel. Blue represents LGAs won by Nsima Ekere.

LGAUdom Gabriel Emmanuel

PDP

Nsima Ekere

APC

Total Votes
#%#%#
Esit Eket 13,4063,917
Ibeno 10,0081,442
Urue-Offong/Oruko 6,9154,592
Okobo, Akwa Ibom 10,8006,079
Nsit-Ubium 17,8636,004
Onna 32,1032,110
Uruan 12,8955,192
Nsit-Atai 8,8553,783
Ikot-Abasi 9,3357,549
Obot-Akara 13,9794,704
Uyo 35,09212, 549
Abak 17,46111,505
Ini, Akwa Ibom 17,3353,316
Nsit-Ibom 17,3264,816
Mbo, Akwa Ibom 9,6315,419
Eket 26,3725,087
Oruk Anam 35,0938,640
Itu, Akwa Ibom 14,6335,911
Ukanafun 35,4477,220
Etinan 22,9548,089
Ibesikpo Asutan 15,67911,216
Udung-Uko 4,0362,108
Mkpat-Enin 18,0564,769
Ika, Akwa Ibom 12,7523,212
Oron, Akwa Ibom 8,4333,859
Ibiono-Ibom 36,9887,280
Ikot Ekpene 14,83211,240
Etim Ekpo 10,1492,776
Eastern Obolo 10,7801,914
Ikono 18,9104,498
Essien Udim 2,1616,938
Totals519,712171,978696,245

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