2003 Abia State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Abia State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Incumbent Governor, PDP's Orji Uzor Kalu won election for a second term, defeating his former deputy, ANPP's Eyinnaya Abaribe, and two other candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

2003 Abia State gubernatorial election

← 1999 April 19, 2003 2007 →

Nominee Orji Uzor Kalu Eyinnaya Abaribe Party PDP ANPP Running mate Chima Nwafor Popular vote 540,983

Governor before election Orji Uzor Kalu PDP Elected Governor Orji Uzor Kalu PDP

Orji Uzor Kalu won the PDP nomination at the primary election. His running mate was Chima Nwafor.^[18][19]

Electoral system

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

Results

A total of four candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[20] PDP candidate Orji Uzor Kalu won election for a second term, defeating three other candidates.^{[7][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,285,428. However, only 64.05% (i.e. 823,347) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[6][7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Orji Uzor Kalu	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	540,983	100.00
	Eyinnaya Abaribe	All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
	Onwuka Kalu	All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
	Rowland Nwafor	Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)
Total			540,983	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,285,428	–
Source: Gamji,[20] Africa Update,[7] Dawodu[6]