2003 Delta State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Delta State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Incumbent Governor, PDP's James Ibori won election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Lucky Oghene Omoru and four other candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

2003 Delta State gubernatorial election

← 1999 April 19, 2003 2007 →

Nominee James Ibori Lucky Oghene Omoru Party PDP ANPP Running mate Benjamin Elue Popular vote 1,038,607

Governor before election James Ibori PDP Elected Governor James Ibori PDP

James Ibori emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Benjamin Elue.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Electoral system

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

Results

A total of six candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[24] Incumbent Governor, PDP's James Ibori won election for a second term, defeating five other candidates.^{[7][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,607,337. However, only 56.44% (i.e. 907,251) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[6][7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	James Ibori	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	1,038,607	100.00
	Lucky Oghene Omoru	All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
	Emma Okocha	All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
	Great Ogboru	Alliance for Democracy (AD)
	Joshua Emene	United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
	Moses Kragha	National Democratic Party (NDP)
Total			1,038,607	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,607,337	–
Source: Gamji,[24] Africa Update,[7] Dawodu[6]