2003 Edo State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Edo State gubernatorial election occurred on 19 April 2003.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Incumbent Governor PDP's Lucky Igbinedion won the election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Roland Owie and three other candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

2003 Edo State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Lucky Igbinedion Roland Owie Party PDP ANPP Running mate Mike Oghiadomhe Popular vote 969,747

Governor before election Lucky Igbinedion PDP Elected Governor Lucky Igbinedion PDP

Lucky Igbinedion emerged as the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) gubernatorial primary. He had Mike Oghiadomhe as his running mate.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21]}

Roland Owie defeated Lucky Imasuen in the ANPP gubernatorial primary election to emerge the party's candidate.^[22][23][24]

Electoral system

The Governor of Edo State is elected using the plurality voting system. The Governor is expected to rule for a minimum of four years, and maximum of eight years.^[25]

Results

A total of 5 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[26] PDP Governor Lucky Igbinedion won re-election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Roland Owie and four minor party candidates.^{[7][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,432,891. However, only 79.74% (i.e. 1,142,519) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[6][7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lucky Igbinedion	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	969,747	100.00
	Roland Owie	All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)
	Odion Ohiorenua Ojo	Alliance for Democracy (AD)
	Clement Alele	United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
	Osagie Obayuwana	National Conscience Party (NCP)
Total			969,747	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,432,891	–
Source: Gamji,[26] Africa Update,[7] Dawodu[6]