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2008 Cross River State gubernatorial election
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Nominee Liyel Imoke Paul Ukpo
Party PDP ANPP
Running mate Effiok Cobham
Popular vote 650,723 15,734
Governor before election

Timipre Sylva
PDP

Elected Governor

Liyel Imoke
PDP

The 2008 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on August 23, 2008.[1] Incumbent PDP Governor Liyel Imoke won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating ANPP candidate, Paul Ukpo, to emerge winner.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

Liyel Imoke emerged the PDP candidate at the primary election. His running mate Effiok Cobham.[24][25][26][27][28]

Electoral system

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

Results

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The two main contenders registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election were PDP Governor Liyel Imoke, who won the contest by polling 650,723 votes, and ANPP's Paul Ukpo, who follows closely with 15,734. There was a total of 694,853 votes cast in the election and 13,749 invalid votes.[1][29][30][31]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Liyel ImokePeople's Democratic Party (PDP)650,72396.32
Paul UkpoAll Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)15,7342.33
Democratic People's Party (DPP)1,9520.29
ARP1,9510.29
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)1,9120.28
NDP1,4040.21
ADC1,1030.16
Usani Uguru UsaniAction Congress (AC)5120.08
PPA2720.04
Total675,563100.00
Valid votes675,56398.01
Invalid/blank votes13,7491.99
Total votes689,312100.00
Source: Online Nigeria,[1]

References

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