2003 Benue State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Benue State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.^[1][2][3][4] Incumbent Governor, PDP's George Akume won election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Paul Unongo and two other candidates.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

2003 Benue State gubernatorial election

← 1999 April 19, 2003 2007 →

Nominee George Akume Paul Unongo Party PDP ANPP Running mate Ogiri Ajene Popular vote 681,717

Governor before election George Akume PDP Elected Governor George Akume PDP

George Akume was the PDP nominee at the primary election. He retained Ogiri Ajene as his running mate.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Electoral system

The Governor of Benue 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.^[16] Incumbent Governor, George Akume won election for a second term, defeating three other candidates.^{[6][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,755,528. However, only 70.27% (i.e. 1,233,522) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[5][6]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	George Akume	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	681,717	100.00
	Paul Unongo	All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
	Moses Orshio Adasu	Alliance for Democracy (AD)
	Mike Mku	United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
Total			681,717	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,755,528	–
Source: Gamji,[16] Africa Update,[6] Dawodu[5]