2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State

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.[1]

Overview

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Affiliation Party Total
APC PDP
Before Election 1 2 3
After Election 0 3 3

Summary

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District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Cross River Central John Owan Enoh APC Sandy Ojang Onor PDP
Cross River North Rose Oko Okoji PDP Rose Oko Okoji PDP
Cross River South Gershom Henry Bassey PDP Gershom Henry Bassey PDP

Results

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Cross River Central

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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%.[2][3]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Lagos State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Ndoma Egba 60,298 42.61%
PDP Sandy Ojang Onoh 80,134 56.63%
Others 1,068 0.75%
Total votes 141,500 100%
PDP hold

Cross River North

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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%.[4][5]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Cross State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Wabily Nyiam 36,129 26.23%
PDP Sandy Rose 100,967 73.32%
Others 1,209 0.87%
Total votes 137,705 100%
PDP hold

Cross River South

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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%.[6][7]

2019 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State
Party Candidate Votes %
APC Prince Otu 63,250 44.50%
PDP Bassey Gershom Henry 77,478 36.69%
Others 1,406 0.98%
Total votes 142,134 100%
PDP hold

2020 Bye election

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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.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Confam INEC list of elected Nigeria Senators". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Kehinde, opeyemi (February 26, 2019). "How PDP Won Cross River For Atiku, 3 Senators". Media Trust Limited. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CROSS RIVER SENATORIAL DISTRICT ELECTION, LAGOS STATE FEBRUARY 23, 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "How PDP Won Cross River for Atiku, 3 Senators". February 25, 2019. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Independent National Electoral Commission Cross River North Senatorial District Election, Cross River State February 23, 2019 Declaration of Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sen. Bassey retains Cross River South Senatorial Seat". Punch Newspapers. February 25, 2019. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CROSS RIVER SENATORIAL DISTRICT ELECTION, CROSS RIVER STATE FEBRUARY 23, 2019" (PDF). Independent National Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "How PDP won Cross River for Atiku, 3 Senators". Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.