1983 Ondo State gubernatorial election
{{short description|1983 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Nigeria}}
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| election_name = 1983 Ondo State gubernatorial election
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| type = presidential
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| previous_election = 1979 Ondo State gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1979
| next_election = 1991 Ondo State gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1991
| election_date = August 13, 1983
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| nominee1 = Michael Adekunle Ajasin
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| party1 = UPN
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| title = Governor
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| after_election = Michael Adekunle Ajasin
| after_party = UPN
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The 1983 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on August 13, 1983. UPN candidate Michael Adekunle Ajasin won the election.{{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}}
Results
Michael Adekunle Ajasin representing UPN won the election. The election held on August 13, 1983.{{Cite web|title=Nigeria: Where Are Second Republic Governors?|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161632/https://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}{{Cite web|title=Nigeria - THE SECOND REPUBLIC, 1979-83|url=http://countrystudies.us/nigeria/29.htm|access-date=2021-05-20|website=countrystudies.us}}{{cite journal|last=Okpu|first=Ugbana|date=1985|title=Inter-Party Political Relations in Nigeria 1979-1983|publisher=Sage Publications, Ltd.|journal=Africa Spectrum|volume=20|number=2|pages=191–209|jstor=40174204}}