1983 Imo State gubernatorial election

{{short description|1983 gubernatorial election in Imo State, Nigeria}}

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| election_name = 1983 Imo State gubernatorial election

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| after_election = Sam Mbakwe

| before_party = NPP

| before_election = Sam Mbakwe

| title = Governor

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| party1 = NPP

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| nominee1 = Sam Mbakwe

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| election_date = August 13, 1983

| next_year = 1991

| next_election = 1991 Imo State gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1979

| previous_election = 1979 Imo State gubernatorial election

| ongoing = no

| type = presidential

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| after_party = NPP

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The 1983 Imo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on August 13, 1983. The NPP nominee Sam Mbakwe won the election, defeating other candidates.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=Nigeria: Where Are Second Republic Governors?|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html|url-status=live|access-date=2009-01-13|website=This Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161632/https://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}{{Cite journal|last=Okpu|first=Ugbana|date=1985|title=Inter-Party Political Relations in Nigeria 1979-1983|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40174204|journal=Africa Spectrum|volume=20|issue=2|pages=191–209|jstor=40174204|issn=0002-0397}}{{Cite web|title=Nigerian States|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}{{Cite web|last=Emmanuel|first=Odang|title=Nigeria Second Republic Governors - Rainbownigeria|date=September 19, 2020|url=https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/09/19/nigeria-second-republic-governors/|access-date=2021-05-20|language=en-US}}

Sam Mbakwe emerged NPP candidate.{{Cite journal|last=Hart|first=Christopher|date=1993|title=The Nigerian elections of 1983|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa/article/abs/nigerian-elections-of-1983/932FDD8E5CD8E04409A3BAF03D126128|journal=Africa|language=en|volume=63|issue=3|pages=397–418|doi=10.2307/1161428|jstor=1161428|s2cid=145591693 |issn=1750-0184}}{{Cite web|title=33. Nigeria (1960-present)|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/sub-saharan-africa-region/nigeria-1960-present/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=uca.edu|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Elections in Nigeria|url=https://africanelections.tripod.com/ng_governorship.html|access-date=2021-05-20|website=africanelections.tripod.com}}