2003 Lagos State gubernatorial election

2003 Lagos State gubernatorial election
Nigeria
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Nominee Bola Tinubu Funsho Williams
Party AD PDP
Running mate Femi Pedro
Governor before election

Bola Tinubu
AD

Elected Governor

Bola Tinubu
AD

The 2003 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred on 19 April 2003.[1][2][3][4] Incumbent Governor AD's Bola Tinubu won election for a second term, defeating PDP's Funsho Williams and four other candidates.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Bola Tinubu emerged unopposed in the AD gubernatorial primary after all the aspirants stepped down. He had Femi Pedro as his running mate.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Funsho Williams was the PDP candidate.[23]

Electoral system

The Governor of Lagos 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] AD Governor Bola Tinubu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP's Funsho Williams and four minor party candidates.[6][25][26][27][28]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 4,558,216.[29][6][5]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bola TinubuAlliance for Democracy (AD)
Funsho WilliamsPeople's Democratic Party
Lanre RasaqAll Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
Kofoworola Bucknor-AkereleUnited Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
Adewunmi AbbassNCP
Dimejila MurenARP
Total
Registered voters/turnout4,558,216–

References

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