2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election

2003 gubernatorial election in Oyo State, Nigeria

2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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Nominee  | Rashidi Ladoja | Lam Adesina |
Party  | PDP | AD
Running mate  | Adebayo Alao-Akala |
Popular vote  | 636,212 | 381,310

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| Governor before election

Lam Adesina

| Elected Governor

Rashidi Ladoja
PDP

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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]

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

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

## Results

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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]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Rashidi Ladoja| People's Democratic Party (PDP)| 636,212| 62.53
| Lam Adesina| Alliance for Democracy (AD)| 381,310| 37.47
| C. O. Obisesan| All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)|
| United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)|
| Femi Aborishade| National Conscience Party (NCP)|
Total| 1,017,522| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 2,209,953| –
Source: Gamji,[26] Africa Update,[7] Dawodu[6]

## References

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