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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]
The Governor of Cross River State is elected using the plurality voting system.
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]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Liyel Imoke | People's Democratic Party (PDP) | 650,723 | 96.32 | |
Paul Ukpo | All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) | 15,734 | 2.33 | |
Democratic People's Party (DPP) | 1,952 | 0.29 | ||
ARP | 1,951 | 0.29 | ||
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) | 1,912 | 0.28 | ||
NDP | 1,404 | 0.21 | ||
ADC | 1,103 | 0.16 | ||
Usani Uguru Usani | Action Congress (AC) | 512 | 0.08 | |
PPA | 272 | 0.04 | ||
Total | 675,563 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 675,563 | 98.01 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,749 | 1.99 | ||
Total votes | 689,312 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Online Nigeria,[1] |