2003 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

{{short description|2003 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Nigeria}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2003 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

| country = Nigeria

| flag_image = {{flagicon|NGR}}

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1999 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1999

| next_election = 2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

| next_year = 2007

| election_date = April 19, 2003

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| nominee1 = DSP Alamieyeseigha

| running_mate1 = Goodluck Jonathan

| party1 = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

| popular_vote1 = 698,644

| percentage1 = 93.93%

| image2 =

| nominee2 = Millionaire Abowei

| running_mate2 =

| party2 = All Nigeria Peoples Party

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| title = Governor

| before_election = DSP Alamieyeseigha

| before_party = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

| after_election = DSP Alamieyeseigha

| after_party = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

}}

The 2003 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=2003+kaduna+governorship+election+results |title=Nigeria Presidential and Gubernatorial Elections 2003 |publisher=EU Election Observation Mission |location=Abuja |format=PDF |date=April 22, 2003 |access-date=March 8, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://africanelections.tripod.com/id85.html |title=19 April 2003 Gubernatorial Elections in Nigeria |publisher=African Elections Database |access-date=May 17, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/212733/Nigeria-general-elections_12-&-19-April-03-May-20016_EU-EOM-report.pdf|title=Nigeria General Elections 12 & 19 April 2003 and 03 May 2003|publisher=European Union Election Observation Mission|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/412eef5b4.html|title=Nigeria's 2003 Elections: The Unacknowledged Violence |publisher=Ref World|access-date=May 22, 2021}} Incumbent Governor, PDP's Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won election for a second term, defeating ANPP's Millionaire Abowei and two other candidates.{{Cite web |url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/apr/22/072.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327221428/http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/apr/22/072.html|archive-date=2013-03-27|url-status=live |title=PDP captures 27 states; ANPP-7; AD-1 l Obasanjo set for victory |date=April 22, 2003 |publisher=Biafra Nigeria World.com |access-date=May 20, 2021}}{{cite web

|url = http://www.bayelsa.gov.ng/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:bayelsa-state&catid=47:the-state&Itemid=111

|title = Bayelsa State

|publisher = Bayelsa State Government

|access-date = 2021-05-21

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|archive-date = 2011-07-24

|url-status = dead

}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/bayelsa-past-governorship-contests/|title=Bayelsa: Past governorship contests|date=December 4, 2015|publisher=Vanguard|access-date=May 21, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://m.guardian.ng/opinion/dickson-and-the-sylva-lining-in-yenagoa/|title=Dickson and the Sylva lining in Yenagoa|author=Babarinsa, Date|date=December 2, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/11/24/the-new-power-equation-in-bayelsa/amp/|title=The New Power Equation in Bayelsa|date=November 24, 2019|publisher=ThisDay|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite journal|publisher=Wiley Online Library|journal=Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series|volume=40|issue=4|pages=15255–15290|title=Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series, April 1st-30th 2003 Published May 29th 2003|date=May 23, 2003

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Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won the PDP nomination at the primary election.{{cite web

|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/06/08/20020608spe01.html

|title=SCORE-CARD!!!

|work=This Day

|date=2002-06-08

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|archive-date=2007-06-21

}} He retained Goodluck Jonathan as his running mate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/bayelsa-past-governorship-contests/|title=Bayelsa: Past governorship contests|date=December 4, 2015|publisher=Vanguard|access-date=May 21, 2021}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/3388/The_nearly_man|title=The nearly man|volume=51|issue=2|date=January 22, 2010|journal=African Confidential|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/3364/Nigeria%27s_succession_the_candidates|title=Nigeria's succession: the candidates|volume=50|issue=25|date=December 18, 2009|journal=African Confidential|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/2363/Which_rules_Whose_laws|title=Which rules? Whose laws?|volume=48|issue=22|date=November 2, 2007|journal=African Confidential|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/11/19/the-rise-of-sylva-and-the-fall-of-dickson/amp/|title=The Rise of Sylva and the Fall of Dickson|date=November 19, 2019|publisher=ThisDay|author=James, Segun|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-corruption-idUSL1624557320070316|title=Corruption runs deep in Nigerian politics|author=Ashby, Tom|date=March 16, 2007|publisher=Reuters|access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDoIDEXdZwkC&dq=Benjamin+Elue+2003+deputy&pg=PA159|title=Nigeria: Echoes of a Century: Volume Two 1999-2014|author=Azikiwe, Ifeoha|date=2013|page=159|isbn=9781481729291|access-date=May 27, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://rainbownigeria.com/2020/10/08/state-governors-and-their-deputies/|title=State Governors and Their Deputies|author=Emmanuel, Odang|website=Rainbow Nigeria|access-date=May 31, 2021}}