2003 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Nigeria
2003 Edo State gubernatorial election
The 2003 Edo State gubernatorial election occurred on the 19th of 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]
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]
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]
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]
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