2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} PDP's Rashidi Ladoja won election for a first tenure, defeating Incumbent Governor, AD's Lam Adesina and three other candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

2003 Oyo State gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rashidi Ladoja Lam Adesina Party PDP AD Running mate Adebayo Alao-Akala Popular vote 636,212 381,310

Governor before election Lam Adesina AD Elected Governor Rashidi Ladoja PDP

Rashidi Ladoja emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Adebayo Alao-Akala.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

Electoral system

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

Results

A total of five candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[26] PDP candidate Rashidi Ladoja won election for a first tenure, defeating AD Incumbent Governor, Lam Adesina, and three other candidates.^{[7][27][28][29][30][31][32]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,209,953. However, only 51.4% (i.e. 1,130,142) of registered voters participated in the excerise.^[6][7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rashidi Ladoja	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	636,212	62.53
	Lam Adesina	Alliance for Democracy (AD)	381,310	37.47
	C. O. Obisesan	All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP)
	United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
	Femi Aborishade	National Conscience Party (NCP)
Total			1,017,522	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,209,953	–
Source: Gamji,^[26] Africa Update,^[7] Dawodu^[6]

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