2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State#Cross River Central
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The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Cross River State held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Cross River State. Onor Sandy Ojang representing Cross River Central, Oko Rose Okoji representing Cross River North and Bassey Gershom Henry representing Cross River South all won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.{{Cite news|title=Confam INEC list of elected Nigeria Senators|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-47534951|access-date=2021-08-02}}
Overview
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! rowspan="3" |Affiliation ! colspan="2" |Party ! rowspan="3" |Total |
| style="background-color:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}" | |
| APC
!PDP |
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| Before Election
|1 |2 !3 |
| After Election
|0 |3 !3 |
Summary
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! class="unsortable" |District ! class="unsortable" |Incumbent ! colspan="2" |Party ! class="unsortable" |Elected Senator ! colspan="2" |Party |
| Cross River Central
|John Owan Enoh | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |APC |Sandy Ojang Onor | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP |
| Cross River North
|Rose Oko Okoji | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP |Rose Oko Okoji | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP |
| Cross River South
|Gershom Henry Bassey | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP |Gershom Henry Bassey | style="background:{{party color|All Progressives Congress}};" | |PDP |
Results
= Cross River Central =
A total of 11 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP Sandy Ojang Onor candidate won the election, defeating APC candidate Ndoma-Egba and 9 other party candidates. Sandy received 56.63% of the votes, while Ndoma-Egba received 42.61%.{{Cite web|last=Kehinde|first=opeyemi|date=2019-02-26|title=How PDP Won Cross River For Atiku, 3 Senators|url=https://dailytrust.com/how-pdp-won-cross-river-for-atiku-3-senators/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Media Trust Limited|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CROSS RIVER SENATORIAL DISTRICT ELECTION, LAGOS STATE FEBRUARY 23, 2019|url=https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-CENTRAL.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108011106/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-CENTRAL.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2019 }}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2019 Nigerian Senate election in Lagos State}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=All Progressives Congress|candidate=Ndoma Egba|votes=60,298|percentage=42.61%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|candidate=Sandy Ojang Onoh|votes=80,134|percentage=56.63%}}
{{Election box candidate no change|party=Others|candidate=|votes=1068|percentage=0.75%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=141,500|percentage=100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}
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= Cross River North =
A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Rose Oko won the election, defeating APC candidate Wabily Nyiam and 10 other party candidates. Rose received 73.32% of the votes, while Nyiam received 26.23%.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-25|title=How PDP Won Cross River for Atiku, 3 Senators|url=https://dailytrust.com/how-pdp-won-cross-river-for-atiku-3-senators|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809165019/https://dailytrust.com/how-pdp-won-cross-river-for-atiku-3-senators |archive-date=August 9, 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Independent National Electoral Commission Cross River North Senatorial District Election, Cross River State February 23, 2019 Declaration of Results|url=https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-NORTH.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108011032/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-NORTH.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2019 }}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2019 Nigerian Senate election in Cross State}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=All Progressives Congress|candidate=Wabily Nyiam|votes=36,129|percentage=26.23%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|candidate=Sandy Rose|votes=100,967|percentage=73.32%}}
{{Election box candidate no change|party=Others|candidate=|votes=1,209|percentage=0.87%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=137,705|percentage=100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}
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= Cross River South =
A total of 11 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Bassey Gershom Henry won the election, defeating APC candidate Prince Otu and 9 other party candidates. Bassey received 54.51% of the votes, while Otu received 44.50%.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-25|title=Sen. Bassey retains Cross River South Senatorial Seat|url=https://punchng.com/sen-bassey-retains-cross-river-south-senatorial-seat/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225235026/https://punchng.com/sen-bassey-retains-cross-river-south-senatorial-seat/ |archive-date=February 25, 2019 }}{{Cite web|title=INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CROSS RIVER SENATORIAL DISTRICT ELECTION, CROSS RIVER STATE FEBRUARY 23, 2019|url=https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-SOUTH.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Independent National Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108011020/https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CROSS-RIVER-SOUTH.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2019 }}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2019 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=All Progressives Congress|candidate=Prince Otu|votes=63,250|percentage=44.50%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|candidate=Bassey Gershom Henry|votes=77,478|percentage=36.69%}}
{{Election box candidate no change|party=Others|candidate=|votes=1,406|percentage=0.98%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=142,134|percentage=100%}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)}}
{{Election box end}}
2020 Bye election
A bye election was held on 5 December 2020 in the Cross River North Senatorial District due to a vacancy following the demise of Rose Oko. Steven Odey of PDP contested against Joe Agi of Apc. They totalled 129,207 and 19,165 votes respectively. Odey was declared the winner by INEC.{{Cite web|title=How PDP won Cross River for Atiku, 3 Senators|url=https://dailytrust.com/how-pdp-won-cross-river-for-atiku-3-senators|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809165019/https://dailytrust.com/how-pdp-won-cross-river-for-atiku-3-senators |archive-date=August 9, 2021 }}
References
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