2003 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election

The 2003 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}PDP's Sam Egwu won election for a first tenure, defeating Incumbent Governor, ANPP's Lawrence Nwauruku and two other candidates.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Sam Egwu emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. He retained Emmanuel Isu as his running mate.^[18][19]

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

A total of four candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.^[20] PDP candidate Sam Egwu won election for a second term, defeating three other candidates.^{[7][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]}

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,002,771. However, only 80.7% (i.e. 809,224) of registered voters participated in the exercise.^[6][7]