2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial by-election

{{short description|2008 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Nigeria}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

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| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 2007

| next_election = 2012 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

| next_year = 2012

| election_date = May 24, 2008

| turnout =

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| nominee1 = Timipre Sylva

| running_mate1 = Peremobowei Ebebi

| party1 = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

| popular_vote1 = 538,204

| percentage1 =

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| nominee2 = Ebitimi Amgbare

| running_mate2 =

| party2 = AC

| popular_vote2 = 26,635

| percentage2 =

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| title = Governor

| before_election = Timipre Sylva

| before_party = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

| after_election = Timipre Sylva

| after_party = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

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The 2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on May 24, 2008.{{Cite news |url=https://m.guardian.ng/news/dickson-pdp-ask-court-to-bar-sylva-from-bayelsa-guber-race/ |title=Dickson, PDP ask court to bar Sylva from Bayelsa guber race |author=Onyekwere, Joseph |date=November 6, 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=May 20, 2021}} Incumbent PDP Governor Timipre Sylva won re-election in the supplementary election, defeating AC candidate, Ebitimi Amgbare, to emerge winner.{{Cite news |url=http://saharareporters.com/2008/04/14/breaking-news-court-appeals-nullifies-election-govtimipre-sylva-bayelsa-state |date=April 12, 2008 |title=BREAKING NEWS: Court of Appeals Nullifies Election of Gov.Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State |access-date=May 20, 2021}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16765009 |title=Nigeria's Supreme Court dismisses five governors |date=January 27, 2012 |publisher=BBC News |language=en|access-date=May 20, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/nigeria-election-law/index.php |title=Nigeria: Election Laws |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=May 21, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/af/119018.htm|title=2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices|date=February 25, 2009|publisher=US Department of State|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/r01781.pdf|title=Government Elections in Nigeria|date=March 11, 2008|publisher=IFES|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/11F6CA9356FE009EC12578410046C27D-Full_Report.pdf|title=Nigeria's Elections: Reversing the Degeneration?|date=February 24, 2011|publisher=International Crisis Group|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/amp/news/46764/court-bars-inec-from-conducting-gubernatorial-elections-in-f.html|title=Court Bars INEC from Conducting Gubernatorial Elections in Five States|date=February 24, 2011|publisher=The Nigerian Voice|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcvQDgAAQBAJ&dq=Liyel+Imoke+wins+2008+re-run+cross+river+guber&pg=PA99|title=A Decade of Nigeria: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2016|author=Bergstresser, Heinrich|date=May 8, 2017|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004347410|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004347410/B9789004347410_006.xml|chapter=Nigeria in 2008|author=Bergstresser, Heinrich|title=A Decade of Nigeria |pages=97–120|doi=10.1163/9789004347410_006|website=Brill|year=2017|isbn=9789004347410|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=http://saharareporters.com/2011/03/22/when-will-tenure-governors-who-won-rerun-elections-after-nullifications-their-first|title=When Will The Tenure Of Governors Who Won Rerun Elections After Nullifications Of Their First Elections, End?|date=March 22, 2011|author=Ogunye, Jiti|publisher=Sahara Reporters|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://dailytrust.com/amp/anxiety-grips-kogi-adamawa-four-others-over-tenure-status|title=Anxiety grips Kogi, Adamawa, four others over tenure status|publisher=Daily Trust|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://cases.lawyersonline.ng/marwa-v-nyako/|title=2012, CASES, SUPREME COURT CASES: Marwa v. Nyako|date=January 28, 2020|publisher=Lawyers Online|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/wief/c/xkyd-if7bPM?pli=1|title=Re: [NaijaPolitics] STAR INFORMATION: The New 2011-Plus Nigerian Gubernatorial Elections Time-Table|website=Google Groups|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url= https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/29202855.pdf|title=Nigeria - Core|publisher=Core|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/amp/lifestyle/43338/who-wins-bayelsa-pdp-guber-ticket.html|title=WHO WINS BAYELSA PDP GUBER TICKET?|date=January 9, 2011|website=The Nigerian Voice|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://idoc.pub/documents/powerpolitics-and-death-m34mkv8kx8n6|title=Power,politics And Death|author=Ibrahim, Mustafa|website=IDOC|format=PDF|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2012/0209/Nigeria-is-the-recent-oil-violence-connected-to-upcoming-elections|title=Nigeria: is the recent oil violence connected to upcoming elections?|website=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/oukwd-uk-nigeria-governors-idAFTRE80Q0SI20120127|title=Nigeria court removes five powerful state governors|date=January 27, 2012|website=Reuters|access-date=May 31, 2021}} Sylva won in six LGAs of the state.

Timipre Sylva emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Peremobowei Ebebi.{{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}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/bayelsa-guber-sylva-fights-for-political-life/|title=Bayelsa Guber: Sylva fights for political life|date=November 2, 2011|author=Aziken, Emmanuel|publisher=Vanguard|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/top-niger-delta-politicians-house-bombed?amp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213435/https://www.voanews.com/africa/top-niger-delta-politicians-house-bombed?amp|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2021|title=Top Niger Delta Politician's House Bombed|date=July 23, 2010|publisher=VOA News|access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/the-sacking-of-bayelsa-deputy-governor-the-removal-of-an-impeachment-expert/|title=The Sacking of Bayelsa Deputy Governor : The Removal of An Impeachment Expert|date=June 26, 2010|publisher=Vanguard|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

Electoral system

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

Results

The two main contenders registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the re-run election were PDP Governor Timipre Sylva, who won the contest by polling 538,204 votes, and AC's Ebitimi Amgbare, who follows closely with 26,635 votes. There were 588,399 valid votes altogether.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Nigerian_Election_Watch_2007_Issue5.pdf|title=AN NDI NIGERIA NEWSLETTER ON THE 2007 ELECTIONS|date=July 2008|issue=5|volume=1|publisher=NDI|access-date=May 31, 2021}}

{{Election results

|cand1=Timipre Sylva|party1=People's Democratic Party (PDP)|votes1=538204

|cand2=Ebitimi Amgbare|party2=Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)|votes2=26635

|cand3=|party3=All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)|votes3=6892

|cand4=|party4=Progressive Peoples Alliance

(PPA)|votes4=6537

|cand5=|party5=All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)|votes5=2172

|cand6=|party6=MRDD|votes6=1719

|cand7=|party7=Democratic People's Party (DPP)|votes7=1511

|cand8=|party8=Labour Party (LP)|votes8=1186

|cand9=|party9=New Democratic Party (NDP)|votes9=1180

|cand10=|party10=African Democratic Congress (ADC)|votes10=992