The 2019 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election occurred on March 10, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor

Udom Gabriel Emmanuel Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (born 11 July 1966) is a Nigerian politician who is currently the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, in office since 29 May 2015. He contested for the office of governor in the April 2015 elections on the platform of People's ...

won re-election for a second term, defeating

Nsima Ekere Nsima Udo Ekere (born 29 May 1965) is a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congressbr>Governorship Candidatefor Akwa Ibom State for the 2019 elect ...

of the APC.

won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Moses Ekpo as his running mate.

was the APC candidate with Amadu Jackson Attai as his running mate. 45 candidates contested in the election.

Electoral system

The

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is elected using the

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Primary election

PDP primary

won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate. He picked Amadu Jackson Attai as his running mate.

APC primary

The APC

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was held on September 30, 2018.

won the primary election polling 160,458 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Dan Abia who came second with 4,189 votes, Akpanudoedehe came third with 2,015 votes, while Edet Efretuei had 1,234 votes.

Results

A total number of 45 candidates registered with the

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to contest in the election. The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,119,727, while 720,064 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 712,037, while number of valid votes was 696,245. Rejected votes were 15,792.

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 696,245 represents the 45 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Udom Gabriel Emmanuel. Blue represents LGAs won by Nsima Ekere.

References

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